em_poc
Official Title of this Community: Ethnic Minorities and People of Color
Why is the title different?
We like to have fun here.
What is this place? A safe space for underrepresented peoples and peoples of color to talk, chill, and vibe.
What are the basic rules of the community?
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Follow Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines. Non negotiable. This is the bedrock and mods will make decisions with this always in mind.
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This community is for ethnic minorities and people of color. This is a safe space where such people can freely discuss their struggles, insight, and thoughts without fear. If you are not, we respectfully ask you do not post or comment here. A future community will be established to allow for racial discussions with a mixed userbase. However, remember, comments here must still respect Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines.
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Irony Racism is still racism. Racism is bad m'kay? We will treat irony racism and bad faith racist satire as racism. Will wield the ban hammer accordingly.
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No sectarianism: This is an identity channel not a channel for you all to complain about why XYZ isn't the "one true leftism". Take that to another place.
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Stupidpol is not allowed. Stupidpol is class reductionist. We are an identity community. Thinking like stupidpol ignores the struggles of the oppressed, their voices, and their need for unique support. Nothing says oppression more than someone saying that the identity you have is "not real" and that if you only thought like them you'd see what your "real" identity is. Mods reserve the right to ban users and content who promote stupidpol, stupidpol memes, and other class reductionist thinking.
FAQ
I don't look XYZ and/or sometimes I can pass as white so I don't know if I can post here. Can I?
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This place is for ethnic minorities and people of color. This includes those of mixed heritage and those who may be "white" but are of an ethnicity that is a minority in their area (i.e. Kurds, etc) If you've experienced oppression due to your identity that is not based on sexual / gender identification, you are welcome here.
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Moreover, for our American audience, we have people from around the world who are "white" but are oppressed due to being a minority in their country. They are and should be welcomed here.
What can I post?
- Anything you think is relevant to the mission of this community. Things will evolve over time.
- Topics and things relevant to EM and POC.
Suggested Posts
- [People of Spice]: Food recipes so others can taste your culture
- [Theory]: Vid/podcasts/websites discussing issues relevant to identity, anti-imperialism, etc
- [News]: Vids/podcasts/websites that talk about current events relevant to EM and POC
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Liberalism means not talking about things like cause and effect, even when it's blatantly obvious.
Rant about Isreal,Antisemitism
It seems the primary contradiction for antisemitism, at least in this moment, is isreal. We cannot target antisemitism until we solution isreal, which is nothing short of disarming and returing Palestinian land.Why does it feel whenever this conversation starts, we devolve into land acknowledgement like statements that materially mean nothing like "It's Zionism not Judaism". As I do strongly agre with the statement, when laws are being passed saying "Actually zionism is Judaism and calling someone a zionist is antisemitic", then must we continue to put this asterisk on our statements? The topic is now, the Jewish religion has been hijacked by genocidal freaks who want to hide behind their religion to commit evil acts. Freaks who successfully used their power to give themselves political cover, in the legal sense. Note, this is the same framing people had no issues spewing about Islam when suicide bombings and terrorist attacks were on the rise but they hold their tongue now.
I'm really tired of having to center Jewish voices and feelings( even anti zionist ones) when it's Palestine that's the victim right now. My heart does go out to anti zionist Jews though, it must be lonely to be in a religion that has powerful people progressing a genocide. But the victims right now are Palestinians and anything less takes away from the current issue; a state propped up by foreign funding is allowed to commit countless warcrimes while genociding the native population.
This has been happening for ages in the UK and it's insane.. Jeremy Corbyn got labelled an antisemite years ago for the even mildest anti Israel statement, it's a disgusting but effective strategy
However it's working less and less now, people are less likely to care about 'the protests make me feel unsafe' types when they see photos of the babies Israel is killing