Mesha“Blah blah people are still on Twitter for no good reason,” says the non-black person fitting into this white-ass space with the utmost of ease.
Dan Gero@devinprater @ThisPlaceAgain People keep pointing out that Mastodon isn't very inviting for black people and that there's a lot of racism here, but the only mentioning of black people I've ever seen here is people pointing out that Mastodon isn't very inviting for black people. I've never seen anyone even hint towards the idea that black people aren't welcome here. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but if you want people to see that it's an issue, you have to site your sources.
maegul@dangero @devinprater @ThisPlaceAgain
So, it's been made clear how this response is part of the problem.
But to add my understanding (being white and all) on how you're confused and missing the point. Mastodon is like the suburbs but with no street lights and a curfew and no one has a car. We mostly just kinda hangout with our neighbours. You have close to no idea what is actually going on in the house down the street let alone a few blocks away or across town.
What if every black person in your city is getting abused every other night ... would you know about it? First hand? Maybe if they lived on your street, but a few blocks away, down the main road, across town? Nope. Only by word of mouth, or as you might interpret it, unsubstantiated rumour. And even then, most things you won't even hear about.
That's what's happening here ... stuff goes down, people leave and no hears about it.
So, it's been made clear how this response is part of the problem.
But to add my understanding (being white and all) on how you're confused and missing the point. Mastodon is like the suburbs but with no street lights and a curfew and no one has a car. We mostly just kinda hangout with our neighbours. You have close to no idea what is actually going on in the house down the street let alone a few blocks away or across town.
What if every black person in your city is getting abused every other night ... would you know about it? First hand? Maybe if they lived on your street, but a few blocks away, down the main road, across town? Nope. Only by word of mouth, or as you might interpret it, unsubstantiated rumour. And even then, most things you won't even hear about.
That's what's happening here ... stuff goes down, people leave and no hears about it.