5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people
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Anti-Blackness is a long-term problem in the fediverse. Now's a good time to start changing that.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15011909

Feedback welcome! Here’s the TL;DR list

  1. Listen more to more Black people
  2. Post less – and think before you post
  3. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
  4. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects

Other suggestions?

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I honestly don’t get it, to me I just see user IDs I haven’t the slightest clue what race someone is or isn’t on here. I vote solely based on whether they make a good point or a bad point.

    • smallpatatas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      This may be true of your own experience on Lemmy, but on microblogging software such as Mastodon it is most definitely not the case.

        • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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          3 months ago

          The community is called “Fediverse”, and this is about the fediverse, so yes it is the correct audience.

          And there’s plenty of anti-Blackness on Lemmy. In fact there’s even a bunch of anti-Blackness in this thread – as somebody on another instance said, it’s illustrates why other instances have defederated lemmy.world! So, if you’re looking for examples, have a look at this thread.

          • danekrae@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            In fact there’s even a bunch of anti-Blackness in this thread

            Could you help me find the comments you are referring to? I can’t seem to find them, and I’m worried it might be because I’m subconsciously anti-Blackness

            • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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              3 months ago

              If you can’t find them, then (like many people) that’s a sign you’re used to an environment where anti-Blackness is normalized. So, imagine a Black person reading this thread who’s been targeted by racism on the fediverse. What comments would they think are dismissive of Black people?