Black Mastodon users are writing in frustration that people don’t believe that #racism exists on Mastodon. As a new moderator, I can assure you that racism is very real here. Be sure to report it when you find it so that we can stamp it out.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Germany this weekend, to protests against the extreme right and to expose the AfD for what hey really are.
'The Jewish “Question.” The Negro “Problem.” The Trans “Issue.” Maybe people existing shouldn't be a question, issue, or problem that's up for debate. If you're framing people’s humanity and existence as some kind of both sides debate you're probably not a good person.' #racism#abpoli
I'm a 59 year old African American woman. I've desegregated a town, a school system and many other spaces. When I discuss racism in this nation, I'm not going to ameliorate my speech for the comfort of anyone. I don't exist to comfort others about the reality of what I was born into - what we all live in together. If that's a problem for you, I suggest you embark on some self-reflection to determine what your actual role is within this system. #racism#politics#BlackMastodon #blackmastodon
CT state troopers entered up to 60K fake tickets, issued to imaginary white people, to game a database designed to ferret out racial profiling. (And didn't enter real tickets issued to Black people.) One in 4 troopers were doing it. And it seems like nobody is being punished for this crime.
In April 1832, the Mexican government closed a loophole allowing settlers to reclassify their human chattel as indentured servants. This finally outlawed slavery, full stop.
For Stephen Austin, this was the last straw. “Texas must be a slave country,” he wrote a friend, “circumstances and unavoidable necessity compels it.”
This AP story about the arrest of a Texas woman who threatened Judge Chutkan omitted the fact that she called the judge, who is Black, a “dumb slave” and the N-word. They seem really invested in downplaying this belligerent extremism that’s so pervasive on the right—even in a story about someone making death threats. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-tanya-chutkan-judge-threats-texas-7d90ad3c8b552b49e269a3f842a6700c
Cool job: the NAACP is hiring a Digital Justice Fellow to “critically examine and address the role of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data in the creation, maintenance, and furthering of racial inequality.”
Plus side to #Mastodon is the uninhibited flow of information. Downside is the world sucks right now. #Fascism, #racism, and #bigotry aren't just problems limited to the US. It's a global epidemic. #ClimateChange is real. And #war has devastated the lives of many.
Pace yourself. Follow some fun accounts. Post pictures of #cats. (Okay. #Dogs, too.) Embrace #art. Talk about your favorite #VideoGames, #books, or #hobby.
Don't look away, but don't allow yourself to be overwhelmed, either.
fearing Lincoln’s election would lead to the national abolition of slavery (a hyperbolic, reactionary response), a series of southern states seceded from the union and formed an avowedly white supremacist confederacy of slave states. that was the cause of the civil war.
Featured story: "The conservative campaign to harass the libs out of academia has already sent a chill through #Texas’ world-class public universities, making professors and administrators so fearful of setting off the lunatics in charge at the Capitol that they censor themselves—in scholarship or in their communications with students and the public."
As a registered Black voter who has had his Black-held Congressional district gerrymandered out of existence, rest assured when I tell you things aren’t as bad as you’ve heard. They’re WORSE.
–@clayrivers@ourhumanfam
The one person right now who you might have expect to be called to speak in a debate of racism in the House of Commons would be Diane Abbott who, subject of a high profile incidence of racist language from a Tory donor... yet the Speaker said that despite Abbott rising over 40 times to speak during the debate, he ran out of time to call her.
If you wanted to confirm to the average voter that the political system is racist, this would be a good way to do it.
You know if a Black or POC tells you they've experienced racism here and your response is repeatedly anything like-
"I've never seen any racism here, how can it be happening to this extent if I've never seen it?"
You 👏🏽 Are 👏🏽 Part 👏🏽Of 👏🏽The👏🏽Problem 👏🏽
Mfz don't owe you a powerpoint presentation of their traumas and disrespect for you to scrutinize and determine "yup, that was definitely racist." BFF.
David Pepper offers a cartoon from a reader named Kevin, commenting on the strong tendency of American culture to white out racism in the nation's past. He states,
"The sad truth is, so much history has already been whited out, long before Nikki Haley got into the business."