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5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (privacy.thenexus.today)
submitted 3 months ago by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Here's the list:

  1. Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices
  2. Post less – and think before you post
  3. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
  4. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
  5. Approach it intersectionally

The full article goes into detail, and also has links to anti-racism resources and appendices with a list of common mistakes to avoid and blocklist resources for moderators.

Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on earlier drafts!

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)
  1. Post less – and think before you post

I support y'all, but I'm definitely not doing this. Instead, I encourage black folks to shit post more. Together we can make the internet a better place.

[–] self@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“post more pointless bullshit with less thought and also racism on the fediverse can be solved if Black people shitpost more” is an entire fuck of a take, but it tells me everything I need to know about whether or not you should be posting here

[–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

racism on the fediverse can be solved if Black people shitpost more

This indeed makes no sense. Exactly as much sense as the implication that white people posting less solves racism somehow. The article explains that that rule should be "if you're white, post less on topics about race and if you do want to post, think about what you're about to say".

In conclusion: shitposting remains a free for all.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeesh, this escaped containment quickly, didn't it?

Thanks for keeping our bar nazi-free!

[–] ebu@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

with how much of a revolving door of covert white supremacists lemmy is, i can imagine it's hard to boot them out faster than they come in. just federation things

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

we treat it as a sort of shooting gallery

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago

if nothing else, their willingness to always and rapidly tell you who they are is definitely a useful marker for when to turn on the egress-o-matic for the whole domain

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The nice thing about the a platform like Lemmy is that unlike in real life, we can all speak at the same time. And the very last thing Lemmy needs is less content.

So yeah, post more, this is dumb advice. The other points are OK though.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

wow are you the real dr. albert wesker :o