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Black woman: Black people don’t feel comfortable on Mastodon and Bluesky!!
Everyone else: here’s why you’re wrong and I know better than you!
Honestly some of y’all sound like the ‘I have one minority friend and they say it’s okay for me to say X’ type of people
@skinnylatte What makes you not feel comfortable on Mastodon? I'd hope you would, but curious to find out what bothers you and maybe make this place better.
@KeithWM Anti-Black racism in the fediverse has been well-documented, it's really not hard to find.
Did you try?
https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/
https://privacy.thenexus.today/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/
Plus here's a very common attack vector:
@skinnylatte WDYT/know about Blacksky in this context if you want to share? It seems promising?
some people here are like 'i'm color blind i don't know what color anyone is'
well maybe you are the problem
'color blindness' is wilful racism
@skinnylatte My question to anyone taking that stance: why didn’t Blacksky happen here, then?
@maxleibman @skinnylatte it did. It was called playvicious. But they got harassed out of here, too.
@maxleibman Deleted my earlier response, as I wasn't sure who this question is actually addressed to.
But for the "here’s why you’re wrong" crowd:
https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/
@stefan @zkat @skinnylatte The question was addressed (rhetorically) to people who disbelieve that Black users have been made uncomfortable here.
how can we make mastodon (and the greater fediverse) more welcoming for people of color?
@saltywizard @skinnylatte For one, you give people here the tools they need to moderate their own conversations. Bluesky has been doing a lot on this front, and I think that's a big reason why, even though bsky isn't perfect for Black folks either, it's definitely doing a lot better.
You also make this place generally more accessible. It might not feel like it to the average techie, but some people feel you practically need a CS degree to be on here with how complicated the experience can be.
@saltywizard Some of my own thoughts, if you're interested!
@skinnylatte I not infrequently think of all the great people who got chased off this platform and get Big Mad, that behavior truly sucks
@beep Same. I don't think I'll ever get over this.
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