@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.

@dave @Bam @thetitanborn

1) Don't ask Black users to CW discussions of their own racism.

2) Don't be on a server where mods mistreat Black folk.

3) Support the mods on your own server, financially and otherwise.

4) Don't engage with sea lions that say "Mistreatment? Here? prove it!" There have been enough threads shared on Black folk receiving racism. Individually convincing each one is exhausting, and expecting that is a tactic of bad faith actors.

@lewriley @dave @Bam @thetitanborn

The best way today, is to follow a bunch of Black users and see their experience. As I've pointed out this is very insufficient, as it means that many Black users experience N*zis first, then move to a better server.

I've been online for many years, so I'm used to N*zis and their death threats. But for many Black users, this experience is jarring.

Worse than the N*zis, is the "regular users."

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109388611222845153

@lewriley @dave @Bam @thetitanborn
An instance like mastodon.cloud can say that they don't tolerate N*zis in their "server rules."

But the reality is, a Black user on that server can receive racist death threats complete with snuff images and video of Black folks and women being killed. Flagging for moderation did nothing. The Black person leaving that instance and warning other Black users to choose a better 1st server, gets the Black user blocked.🤡

@lewriley @dave @Bam @thetitanborn

My issue is not with N*zis. Trash people and sociopaths will always exist.

My issue is with the violence inherent in insufficient moderation coupled with a "use CW!" culture that denies the self reflection that would allow Mastodon users to realize that outside of 4ch*n, many Black users' *worst online experience ever*, was on Mastodon.

If you don't follow Black users and listen to them, you would never know this.

@lewriley @dave @Bam @thetitanborn Right now, a bunch of white Mastodon users are thinking "Racist snuff images? OMG!!! I didn't know it was that bad! This is awful!"

But a bunch of other white Mastodon users are thinking, "He really should have put mentions of (his own) death threats behind a Content Warning. And... he seems to have moved servers? So what's the problem? Why is he still saying bad things about his old server?"

🙂🙃

@dave @lewriley @Bam @thetitanborn If there's a police shooting and there is a video? I put a CW around that. I also put CWs around topics like disordered eating, etc.

But I experience racism almost every day, as do most Black US citizens. I'm not going to start every other sentence with "CW" just to make y'all feel better.

Hiding racism to protect white feelings is just more racism. I won't do it. I do respect folks' right to Block me for that. 👍🏿