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5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (privacy.thenexus.today)
submitted 3 months ago by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Here's the list:

  1. Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices
  2. Post less – and think before you post
  3. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
  4. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
  5. Approach it intersectionally

The full article goes into detail, and also has links to anti-racism resources and appendices with a list of common mistakes to avoid and blocklist resources for moderators.

Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on earlier drafts!

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[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks much for the detailed response ... I didn't realize the purpose of this community. Somebody had suggested I post the draft here, which I did, and now I realize that their suggestion was a snarky trap that I fell for 🤣. Oh well, joke's on them (as well as me), I got good feedback on the draft here.

Agreed that there are structural problems with AP; I wrote about this in And it's about the protocol, too. But even though software improvements can help, the underlying problem's cultural.

I intentionally didn't phrase it in terms of allyship (in fact I'm pretty sure the word "ally" doesn't even appear in the article) ... still, I don't think white folks (me included) can stop being white, nor should we -- we are who we are, and that's okay. I do think we (again including me) can make more of an effort to deal with our default attitudes and behaviors, and try to use our privilege for good.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

posting here did attract a lot of worked examples of why we need this of course

[–] self@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago

“hey fucker come prove me right” can be an underrated but important part of the writing process

[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah. Funny how that works!