phoenixI remember why i got irritated on mastodon before and a lot of it is just ... The Unbearable Whiteness proliferating as what felt like the majority of perspectives. I havent looked around this server much or anything but like whenever that happens in a space located in baltimore specifically it's super fucking weird.
And as i've gotten to meet more white transplants over the years thru queer / political subcultures (? I guess) i've heard people in disturbing and subtle ways sort of describe things in a way that places Black people in baltimore as kind of the background. And not, well, the majority of people here and in the forefront of issues, in a way we should all be working alongside if we are concerned about social struggle.
not trying to be an authority or spokesperson on this just stating an observation. my positionality in this is that i've lived here pretty much all my life and i also had a pretty fucking rich (compared to most people) and whitewashed upbringing so it's like; it's a thing i've had to try and go against and it's just the experience i can speak from. And it concerns me when i see people talking and behaving in a way that just ...smoothly elides everything that happens here.
Like maybe there's that belief that white counter culture people dont have to speak about anti racist politics because it's supposed to be the implied norm. but not speaking about racism is already the norm of white supremacy.