5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people - eviltoast
Anti-Blackness is a long-term problem in the fediverse. Now's a good time to start changing that.

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!

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3210·
    4 months ago
    1. Post less – and think before you post

    I support y’all, but I’m definitely not doing this. Instead, I encourage black folks to shit post more. Together we can make the internet a better place.

    • self@awful.systemsEnglish
      14·
      4 months ago

      “post more pointless bullshit with less thought and also racism on the fediverse can be solved if Black people shitpost more” is an entire fuck of a take, but it tells me everything I need to know about whether or not you should be posting here

      • o7___o7@awful.systemsEnglish
        13·
        4 months ago

        Yeesh, this escaped containment quickly, didn’t it?

        Thanks for keeping our bar nazi-free!

        • ebu@awful.systemsEnglish
          13·
          4 months ago

          with how much of a revolving door of covert white supremacists lemmy is, i can imagine it’s hard to boot them out faster than they come in. just federation things

            • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
              11·
              4 months ago

              if nothing else, their willingness to always and rapidly tell you who they are is definitely a useful marker for when to turn on the egress-o-matic for the whole domain

      • Rev3rze@feddit.nlEnglish
        163·
        4 months ago

        racism on the fediverse can be solved if Black people shitpost more

        This indeed makes no sense. Exactly as much sense as the implication that white people posting less solves racism somehow. The article explains that that rule should be “if you’re white, post less on topics about race and if you do want to post, think about what you’re about to say”.

        In conclusion: shitposting remains a free for all.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      218·
      4 months ago

      The nice thing about the a platform like Lemmy is that unlike in real life, we can all speak at the same time. And the very last thing Lemmy needs is less content.

      So yeah, post more, this is dumb advice. The other points are OK though.