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.

  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    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

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        meow-hug
        for this and also your lack of recent sleep, which i very strongly empathise with as a chronic insomniac

        • Othello [comrade/them, love/loves]
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          1 year ago

          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 meow-hug 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.