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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:

Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices
Post less – and think before you post
Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
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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[–] self@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that doesn’t seem like a particularly good representation of the actual point of the article to me. here’s the article author’s own summary of point 2:

Of course, the combination of deciding not to post in some circumstances, and taking more time to think and work on the wording of the posts you do make, means that you'll post less ... but that's not a bad thing. The posts you make will be higher quality, and are likely to lead to better discussions. And, posting less also opens up space for you to amplify more Black voices.

[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Thanks for pointing that out! But, I got enough pushback on the wording of point 2 that I changed it to just "Think before you post"