February is the Black History Month here in the US, and a great opportunity to recommit to making the fediverse (and beyond!) a safe and welcoming place for Black people.
Let's continue to lift up their voices, celebrate their joys, and if you see trouble, step in and help out.
And for the "I don't see racism" and "At least it's better here than on Twitter/X" crowd, Mekka has some great threads on this. Highly recommend browsing/following!
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/110273898008692780
@[email protected] @[email protected] If you take one thing from my little thread here it's this: Black people don't leave the fediverse because of openly racist people. Just like Black people don't leave Boston or San Francisco because of the openly racist people. There are openly racist people everywhere.🤷🏿♂️ Black people leave the fediverse, Boston, and San Francisco, because of the behavior of the supposed "non-racist" people. The combination of extreme racism, and denial of its existence, is too much.
Stefan Bohacek
Stacey Cornelius 🇨🇦