How do you get white men at your org to shut the fuck up and make space for other people? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've had a few events so far where the discussion/feedback part had 1-2 white guys doing longgggg monologues about something unrelated to the main topic. Last time had some stoner guy ranting about the confusing service at airports here (the event was about Gaza). Before that it was some boomer guy trying to explain Madonna to the non-white teens in our group (the event was about trans rights). Sometimes it's just two white guys monologuing back and forth. It's super counter productive and cringe.

I'm just thinking of a hard rule. Like "if you're a white guy, you're welcome, but please try to listen more and keep unrelated monologues to a minimum."

For the record, I am a white dude.

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[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago

If they're acting out of white privilege and being racist etc. they probably shouldn't be a member to begin with or if it's not something too serious they should get a warning.

If they're taking a position on an issue but doing it in a way that is objectively counter productive to the topic at hand it should be pointed out so that they get back on the relevant topic, this isn't a race thing it can apply generally. Issues like this also hint at a bad org structure which doesn't have clear procedures, each discussion should have some people democratically chosen to be "in charge" of the procedure and guide it while intervening whenever there is need to.

[-] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thinking about that CIA (well, proto-CIA) infiltration manual from the 40s about making discussions long-winded and off topic to sabotage organizations.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

Wow that's good

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

Hexbear shit-posters:

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'm in this picture ~~and I don't like it~~

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Never pass on your skill and experience to a new or less skillful worker.

Thank you comrade boomers in sabotaging western industry by not retiring, and thank you comrade porky for both refusing to train anyone and your insistence on perfection from anyone seeking a job.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

If they're acting out of white privilege and being racist etc. they probably shouldn't be a member to begin with or if it's not something too serious they should get a warning.

The latter. The former wouldn't be tolerated at all.

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