it seems clear that there are less POC people on hexbear then there was before. what would you propose, and what do you think the issues are if any. i will be refraining from sharing my opinion for now to encourage more ideas.

white comrades are allowed to post emotes to boost this thread so more people can see it.

  • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    9 months ago

    Oh yes, and at times (this is really not that BIPOC-related, but I'll shoot anyways), I feel that neurodivergent people may have it rough, but that may be due to general ignorance on neuro-types outside of Autism.

    But I will say that one person defended having their kid go through ABA therapy and there is a lot of problems with ABA therapy beyond whether or not it works (and I would argue that it most cases it doesn't work or, even if it does, it has long-term harmful side-effects and repercussions and that there are better ways).

    Also, I feel that it's best that more people are encouraged to say what their race or ethnicity is... but I can see how that may be problematic. But if it were without coercion and with persuasion, just so clear the air and show how many people exactly are non-white, we could know what to do in order combat this problem, which populations should be better represented, and whether or not the problem is as big as it sounds (I believe the problem certainly exists in Hexbear, but how big of an issue is it is something we should try to ascertain).

      • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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        9 months ago

        I hear ya.

        It seems that us Autistic people are just... not treated right here.

        I could be missing something. I mean, I'm trying to play by the rules. I started drama when I came here albeit unwittingly. I was manic, I think. But in the end, I learned to get along. Yet even then, I still see Autistic people being treated as secondary, at times.

        • voight [he/him, any]
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          9 months ago

          I've seen more discussion of guys like this than what to do right at most points. I think people even brought up r9k threads about women.

          Idk how to spoiler images but this is just lol, not how I feel here to be clear

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        • voight [he/him, any]
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          9 months ago

          On the other end of polarity from the weirdos who think autism is a kind of Nazi super intelligence gene for some reason, I've gotten in arguments with other autistic people about how I shouldn't be allowed to use irony because it's ableist. Which is definitely true in some facets, but I am always ready to drop the bit at a moment's notice and explain what I was going for, to mitigate that.