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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had a great time at the palestine protest, i loved all the speeches and flags and costumes. I got to take the amtrack and the metro, chigago union station was beutiful. I SAW A RAT ON THE STREET IT WAS HUGE. People at the protest were very nice I made great conversation. I got a new nice jacket and ate fried rice from a resteraunt with a michilen star! i had a really great convo with a uber driver. he was really cool, grew up in france, worked in geneva and all over south america, had an accent i couldnt place, some sort of west african maybe, he had many cool stories, he was also enoamored with the amount of leather daddies that had pro palestinain stuff on their leather gear, at a pride thing last week. It really goes to show how important it is for us queers in the imperial core to be loud and proud about our suport of the global south. he also love cuba and thinks cubans are the most reslitient and brave people in the entire world and he patted my partner on the back and told them they should be proud to be cuban. just a deeply cool guy who lives rent free in my mind, he said we were brave and should be proud for protesting!
Congrats to the wholesome solidarity march you've attended..., and to your new transit, of course, I assume no trouble must've happened to you for a while
but on the other hand:
I don't know why you seem quite fond enough of The Big Rat and restaurant to mention that... I just find that funny...
Is it cuz it resembles this
and this
ive never seen a rat that big! or eaten at a certified fancy restaurant. and yeah i should have saluted comrade rat.
Should have invited the rat out for fried rice smdh
great to hear cde
Good stuff! Also, damn, the Cuba love is real. I remember when people hated 'em when I was growing up.
As for me, I, admittedly, left early from the D.C. protest because of how frigid it was, but I stayed as long as I could.
Wdym, do you hail from Florida?
Cuba was used as the go to example of the evils of Communism pretty universally for a while.
What... Couldn't that propagandization be focused on any other isolated or more foreign AES country like DPRK and Laos because Cuba seems to be the most average and relatable socialist country, even if not under Western hegemony...
Florida
I know many Cuban-Americans or Cubans living in the United States that are now very pro-Cuba, but yeah.
Nah, I just remember the 1990s/2000s/ and early 2010s period to be VERY anti-communist and anti-socialist.
Like, nobody had a good thing to say and I was radicalized in 2010.
Well, I mean t'was the era of 'the supposed end of History' ideology and the temporary victory of Western neoliberalism that prompted it..
Edited: "no shit sherlock" gone...
dont be rude.
Aye, sorry...