Quietly observing
how many people
framed their disagreement with my ASKING if I would have to CW most of my life & activism & daily life
as defense of CW
or defense of #Mastodon culture
or didn’t even read or listen to anything I said
hence proving my point.
Which I made behind a CW out of respect for the community here
by the way.
You cannot truthfully claim you’re not attacking/harassing people just because you dress it up as defense of others.
The extra labor one has to do as a Black person IS the problem.
Having to move to an instance where people understand by default IS the issue.
White people don’t have to find an instance where it’s okay to talk about their daily lives of being white.
Just realized I can’t find my own unlisted posts! So #DisabledBlackTalk will have to do until I find a solution…
Once again. I have no problem with content warnings. My problem isn’t with content warnings OR instances.
And every time you frame the answer or show me the creator of Mastodon’s answer to the content warning issue you’re telling me that you don’t understand what the issue is.
The issue is that there’s no way for me to FREELY BE WHO I AM IN PUBLIC ON #MASTODON WITHOUT HAVING TO HIDE MYSELF.
SAYING I HAVE TO HIDE THINGS ABOUT MYSELF FOR A POPULATION’S COMFORT IS ITSELF PROBLEMATIC.
@jdarnold I’m not complaining I’m making an observation that finding abmnither instance is yet another emotional of physical labor instance that white people do not have to do in order to exist.
It adds up. That’s part of what racism is. I’m doing my job,
Tinu - Empress of Twerk
Jonathan