mekka okereke Dec 4, 2022

@Bam @thetitanborn

Same. To be honest, I'm trying to do more than hope. I'm willing to be here while many parts of it are not yet great for Black users, and work with all the awesome folks that are making it better.♥️👍🏿

I'm following in the footsteps of the Black Mastodon users that have been here for years, who started when it was much less welcoming than what I experienced, so that hopefully the Black folk that join after me, will have an even easier time than me.

Show threadmekka okereke Dec 4, 2022

@Bam @thetitanborn It's fascinating to see that about half of the replies to @thetitanborn 's post, are cringe-worthy forms of "I haven't seen any problems for Black users / your post is unnecessary / we don't see race here."

So yeah... there's work to do.

Show threadRyan McLeodDec 4, 2022
@mekkaokereke Mastodon is like the Canada of micro-blogging. Nice place, kinda smug about not being the other one, froths at the mouth when you tell them racism also exists there.
Show threadtanoujin
@ExcitingBore @mekkaokereke there is a silly cartoon by Serpieri, showing kind of a space trooper stuck in a doorway: „Shoot me, it is inside of me“. Some of us semi-privileged persons do not realize we need to unlearn some isms and find alternate attitudes. I think #Eddo-Lodge should be read at grad school.
Dec 4, 2022 at 8:33amWeb