Building off some good discussion in the other thread today. I’m thinking about how can white Hexbear users can be better here, and in leftist spaces, AND when we engage with the broader BIPOC communities? What are we doing wrong, and what can we do that’s better?
And I 100% get that’s it’s not on marginalized folks to explain it to us. I do. It’s just, at this moment I’m trying not to get overwhelmed with feeling like it’s just not possible to make the world better. Not even get us to socialism, just getting things to be a tiny bit better. I don’t know what else to do. So I’m reaching out to my BIPOC comrades with an open hand. If you feel like sharing, please do.
For the white folks, we need to be better. We do. It may not be comfortable to hear, but we do. Maybe we’re not as bad as the libs and the chuds on this but that’s not a valid measuring stick. Come on.
This is terrifying to me though since if I'm in a fun convo I usually wind up getting animated and trying to draw people in with directed questions, and "centering" my white ass in the process. I don't always realize I'm doing it, and I've had poc respond pretty well since I imagine it's a good social tactic with people regardless of race, but I cringe to myself thinking about how many times I've probably been a brash overbearing white guy to the people that stayed silent.