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.
have friends who aren't white, then you won't be extremely fucking weird (this includes the bizarre self-flagellation shit)
it isn't hard tbh
though from what i have been told by american friends, even the working class in amerca kinda do self-segregation
its not kinda, america is extremely segregated still especially in the north.
fair, you know better than i do
this is detroit michigan one of the worst heres more map with a tool to help see different cities. It would be cool if it wasnt sad https://www.wired.com/2013/08/how-segregated-is-your-city-this-eye-opening-map-shows-you/
jesus christ
yeah the north was never forced to desegregate at all.
i'm from england, which is a very racist society, but even here if you're working class and don't have BAME friends, then you were actively trying not to
the more i hear about america the more horrifying it is tbh
yeah... Its bad. I feel cursed somedays.
for this and also your lack of recent sleep, which i very strongly empathise with as a chronic insomniac
oh I took a nap today! i had to take a hit though so maybe cold turkey was a bad idea, I think kissinger was right. but thank you
most days I still love being black despite the hardship, I truly believe we are the most beautiful soulful powerful people in the world and we will overcome through a movement built on love (and incredible violence). as sure as the sun shall rise.
It's basically this lol
This would require me to stop being an antisocial shut in. Also, the few times I do venture outside I rarely see Black people unless I venture into the nearby city, which means I have to find an overpriced parking spot to leave my car. Fuck burgerland's dependence on car based infrastructure.
i like it when whites self flagellate, its funny and i encourage it. just seeing how far they go with it is like peak comedy.