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Post by goodson on May 30, 2020 15:54:33 GMT -6
thread to share what we are all doing to address and correct our complicity in structural racism
share links, post protest info
i know we have the resources to do something tangible here, not just talk about it for a day and move on!
i recommend donating to the brooklyn community bail fund, reclaim the block, and the black visions collective! all doing great work
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Post by goodson on May 30, 2020 15:58:53 GMT -6
mookie thank you for sharing your donations, i'm gonna match you today
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Post by Tweet on May 30, 2020 16:00:25 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on May 30, 2020 16:05:42 GMT -6
If anyone wants to/finds some Chicago stuff that would probably be helpful/useful
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Post by thebosma on May 30, 2020 16:06:34 GMT -6
Places to send money are good, information on direct action is good, it's important to do some research for yourself as well. I went through Layla F. Saad's "Me and White Supremacy" workbook last year and it was extremely challenging and beneficial. It's work but it's necessary. I have found it extremely easy in the past to label myself as "one of the good whites" because I care about racism but there's a lot we internalize and there's a lot that needs to be done. Highly recommend, here is a link |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 16:06:57 GMT -6
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Post by thebosma on May 30, 2020 16:08:47 GMT -6
There are local groups organizing where you can drop of supplies to protestors if you don't feel safe with COVID and being active in the streets right now.
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Post by Tweet on May 30, 2020 16:09:06 GMT -6
Also raising my kids to not be assholes. You’re doing God’s work |
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Post by neader on May 30, 2020 16:20:19 GMT -6
Will marching with DSA tomorrow in Greenville for march organized by BLM. Donated to a friend of a friend who lives in Minneapolis and is collecting money for supplies to protestors.
Most importantly calling out and confronting friends who are spewing bs.
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Post by Tweet on May 30, 2020 16:23:11 GMT -6
Most importantly calling out and confronting friends who are spewing bs. This is literally the most important thing us privileged ass honkey’s could be doing |
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Post by kb on May 30, 2020 16:28:03 GMT -6
this has been on my brain a lot since i've fallen pregnant, just found this list of good books for kids. if any of you know kids and/or future kids, do the world a favor and give them as gifts. |
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Post by ultravisitor on May 30, 2020 16:40:07 GMT -6
I refuse to pay any attention to blackfish Ariana Grande (I will not be a reason why someone like her is famous) and roll my eyes at basic white people.
Also, I teach the voices of queer POC, like James Baldwin and Richard Rodriguez.
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Post by Tweet on May 30, 2020 16:41:43 GMT -6
I refuse to pay any attention to blackfish Ariana Grande and roll my eyes at basic white people. How you’ve survived on here for this long is a miracle |
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Post by ultravisitor on May 30, 2020 16:45:00 GMT -6
I refuse to pay any attention to blackfish Ariana Grande and roll my eyes at basic white people. How you’ve survived on here for this long is a miracle I mean, remember that I teach a bunch of privileged white children. The world is run by white people. I'm just used to it. |
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Post by Tweet on May 30, 2020 16:46:27 GMT -6
I don’t doubt that for a second.
While we’re here, what’s your favorite Richard Rodriguez work? Can’t say I’m familiar
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Post by ultravisitor on May 30, 2020 16:53:59 GMT -6
I don’t doubt that for a second. While we’re here, what’s your favorite Richard Rodriguez work? Can’t say I’m familiar The one that I teach is Hunger of Memory. It's a beautiful metacognitive reading experience in that it made me question how language and what forms of language shaped my world and experience. His ideas about affirmative action are very controversial, especially with the Latinx kids, because they expect him to mirror their own ideas, but it provides them with the lesson of learning how to divorce themselves from their emotional response while assessing the argument someone is making. The kids' journals can be pretty hilarious to read. They're like, "I thought I was going to love this because he's just like me...but then I realized that I HATE him." |
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Post by perdhapley on May 30, 2020 17:05:37 GMT -6
Places to send money are good, information on direct action is good, it's important to do some research for yourself as well. I went through Layla F. Saad's "Me and White Supremacy" workbook last year and it was extremely challenging and beneficial. It's work but it's necessary. I have found it extremely easy in the past to label myself as "one of the good whites" because I care about racism but there's a lot we internalize and there's a lot that needs to be done. Highly recommend, here is a linkMaybe it's not loading but my end but this doesn't seem like the whole workbook? |
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Post by sick2b on May 30, 2020 18:12:53 GMT -6
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Post by thebosma on May 30, 2020 19:47:27 GMT -6
Places to send money are good, information on direct action is good, it's important to do some research for yourself as well. I went through Layla F. Saad's "Me and White Supremacy" workbook last year and it was extremely challenging and beneficial. It's work but it's necessary. I have found it extremely easy in the past to label myself as "one of the good whites" because I care about racism but there's a lot we internalize and there's a lot that needs to be done. Highly recommend, here is a linkMaybe it's not loading but my end but this doesn't seem like the whole workbook? Hm, not sure why that's the case. If I find it elsewhere I'll share. It looks like between when I went through it and now she's published it in print so that might be the go to method. Regardless I highly recommend. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on May 30, 2020 20:08:48 GMT -6
i recommend donating to the brooklyn community bail fund, reclaim the block, and the black visions collective! all doing great work Thx for these recs - I'd sent some $ to the BCBF earlier today, but I'll donate to the others as well. Can still hear helicopters, constant sirens, etc. out my window. |
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Post by nanatod on May 30, 2020 20:52:30 GMT -6
thread to share what we are all doing to address and correct our complicity in structural racism [sits around waiting for someone to need a civil rights complaint to be filed against a govt]  |
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Post by Tweet on Jun 1, 2020 10:10:23 GMT -6
If people are into this sort of thing my buddy who works for PayPal is trying to raise money for BLM Chicago and PayPal is matching all donations made in an employees name. Working on getting more details but since dollars go further to them via this I figured I'd put it on you people's radar
Edit: they actually do this for a number of different charities my friend group is just doing BLM since we've all donated dollars in some way to many ones since then
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Post by sick2b on Jun 2, 2020 18:37:53 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Jun 15, 2020 22:42:56 GMT -6
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Post by Kamera on Jun 16, 2020 13:06:33 GMT -6
www.humblebundle.com/fight-for-racial-justice-bundleThis special one-week bundle features $1,200 USD worth of games for just $30 USD. 100% of the proceeds from your bundle purchase go to support organizations fighting for racial justice. For example, providing legal representation and assistance, protecting and expanding civil rights, and educating the public on racial injustice and slavery.
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Post by ultravisitor on Jun 26, 2020 20:52:53 GMT -6
Dear white people,
When a friend of yours who happens to be a person of color gets sick of your shit and decides to finally tell you about the racist microaggressions he has put up with from you for years, you know what you should do?
All those articles and memes you post on social media about what it means to be an ally and what someone should do as an ally? YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY DO THOSE THINGS. I promise you, there's a good chance you're not as woke as you think you are.
What should you not do? You should not launch into a masterclass in white fragility and scream at your ethnic minority friend about how not racist you are as he's trying to explain to you the racist shit he's dealt with from you.
Oh no. Don't do that. I will cut you down just before I cut you out. And it will be painful for both of us.
Also, while I'm at it, straight, white, cisgendered women: it's bad enough when you won't leave the gay bars, but Grindr now, too? Please don't be hitting me up when you're on the app. I know it may not seem like it around some men, but there really are limits to the magic of your ladybits. And stop telling me Grindr isn't for men. It's not called GrindHER.
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Post by clouddead on Jun 27, 2020 8:51:30 GMT -6
I’m sure a ton of white women are complicit in structural racism, I don’t think it’s because they’re on Grindr though.
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Post by ultravisitor on Jun 27, 2020 12:19:54 GMT -6
Yeah, but while I'm telling people to get out of my space, I'm telling people to get out of my space.
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Post by sick2b on Jul 5, 2020 18:14:21 GMT -6
Brutal..  |
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Post by Tweet on Jan 6, 2021 18:34:30 GMT -6
Been watching white privilege in (most of) our nation’s capitol tonight
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