Caroline DNov 25, 2022
Camille

[WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT REPLY]
if you can't read you're getting blocked

I'm glad we're starting to have a wider conversation surrounding racism and especially anti-Blackness on the Fedi.

But I feel like a lot of it could be better.

I see a lot of white people partaking in the conversation in a way that derails it, centering themselves and their experiences, explaining racism to POCs, and the like.

So please, if you are not Black, don't have conversations with Black folks about anti-Blackness.

However, do call out your friends on their racist bullshit. Do not wait for us to point it out. I don't want to be the only one to say that shit is not okay. It must come from you people as well.

I would also appreciate if you boosted posts made BY POCs rather than by white people. I see a lot of this stuff. It signals that you don't value our feelings and opinions but rather our oppressors' opinions on our struggles

I would also like non-Black admins to take a stand on anti-Black racism by not just suspending racist accounts on their own instances, but also by defederating from pro-cop, anti-Black and generally racist servers.

Nov 23, 2022 at 3:49pmWeb
Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022

I knew I would catch a couple of racists with the disclaimer than white people should not interact

CAN YOU NOT READ?

Show threadlotus eater boiNov 23, 2022
@deadwitchflying yelling at the increasingly firm boundaries that have to be put on every single post about racism because the whites have no sense.
Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022

@sayyid_qishta i hate it too!

BUT If I don't this shit, I know exactly what the fuck happens 💢

Show threadAll masks must fall [Imani/Dax] â€‹Nov 23, 2022

@sayyid_qishta @deadwitchflying

<sarcasm> but how can they meaningfully listen to content if it's not centered on then and they can't engage to recenter it?</sarcasm>

Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022

@imani OH MY GOD, I've had this happen like 4 times this week on the same post

@sayyid_qishta

Show threadlotus eater boiNov 23, 2022
@deadwitchflying when I saw that you had to edit that other post I was like ... god I wonder why ... then I scrolled down and found out 🙈​
Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022
@sayyid_qishta Gee, I wonder why 😭
Show threadWill BullimoreNov 23, 2022
@sayyid_qishta As an Aboriginal man, I feel good at this place. Much better than the birdsite. But I knkow it's just a product of "feeling guilty" but it's a start I suppose.
Show threadMarcus "MajorLinux" SummersNov 23, 2022
@deadwitchflying I may be out of the loop, but is there a list of those instances being kept somewhere?
Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022
@majorlinux
I don't think so. Well, definitely no complete one anyway.
I know there's like a list of servers moderated by POCs, partially or completely, but I don't have it, I just saw it earlier while going through my follow requests
Show threadMarcus "MajorLinux" SummersNov 23, 2022
@deadwitchflying Oh, okay. Thanks for the info.
Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022
@majorlinux But since the boom, it's like hard to keep track of all this stuff, because a lot of servers have never been seen before by most users, so idk
Show threadMarcus "MajorLinux" SummersNov 23, 2022
@deadwitchflying I definitely understand that. I only created mine last Friday because I don't necessarily trust the existing ones and I rather create my own thing.
Show threadCamilleNov 23, 2022
@majorlinux well, I hope it works out for you. Idk if you're aware, but you should take a look at the #fediblock tag regularly, as a way to protect yourself from bad actors. Take care!
Show threadLucasVLNov 25, 2022
@deadwitchflying isnt all the singling out and categorisation of races in this post kinda racist in and of itself?
Show threadmaladyNov 25, 2022
@deadwitchflying
Well firstly, are your ideas really so weak that you just can't address people you disagree with on the merits of theirs?
Secondly, you're the whitest person who's face I've seen today lol
Show threadCamilleNov 25, 2022
@Cara your instance looks shit, I'm adding to block list bye