There is no should or shouldnโt, theyโve always had and been entitled to that choice. People who develop and host those platforms can make whatever choice they want.
ActivityPub/the Fediverse is only a protocol. If you philosophically disagree with how a platform makes use of that protocol, then you can (theoretically) just use another platform.
What; if anything; are you doing to prevent the instance from becoming an echo chamber?
Like the linked post discusses, Black queer people are the recipients of a lot of harm. Theyโre perfectly entitled to a space where they wonโt be harassed, doesnโt matter if that space is an echo chamber or not. The moderation and community of that instance can decide for themselves how they want to be structured โ itโs not really anyone elseโs decision but theirs. If we, as remote users, donโt like how they do things, no oneโs forcing us to use their site, federate with them, etc.
Iโve noticed a lot of black first instances tend to fall victim to the same traps of racism and hatred that instances that center on other races do.
What exactly do you mean by the phrase โsame traps of racism and hatredโ? Iโve seen few if any instances centering on other races, so I canโt really establish that thereโs any pattern there.
Nearly seven in ten (67%) say it is a serious problem that individuals treat Black, Latino, Asian, and Native Americans worse than white Americans. Two-fifths (39%) say it is a very serious problem....
I donโt think people there love love her, but something something owning the libs something.
Many USian voters are entranced with the idea of having a firebrand provocateur on their side, someone who is able to get a rise out of their political opponents (not even totally excluding myself as it can be entertaining sometimes). And others just donโt care as long as the other side doesnโt win โ to them, keeping the other side out of power is more important than putting a competent person in the seat.
When I saw this this morning, I laughed so hard I almost fell out of bed ๐ญ
Yikes to the fact that Jasmine Crockett received PAC donations from crypto and voted with other Dems to provide military aid to Israel, but at least thereโs some entertainment in watching her eat up Republicans like MTG whenever they pull some bullshit like that.
It does work that way, but Mastodon and some other microblogging software like Firefish (fka Calckey), Pleroma, etc. can also use relays to populate their federated timelines.
Liberals, including some POC, white allies, and white โallies,โ are quite keen on representation as diversity. At the end of the day, representation can be superficial and only partially satisfies the goals of social justice. Yes, we โ โweโ being people of color, women, queer people, and other marginalized people โ should receive the same opportunities as our privileged counterparts. Thatโs representation.
But putting us at the helm of oppressive systems doesnโt end those systems. The point isnโt to have a Black police chief, or a woman CEO, or a queer head of state, etcโฆ I liken this to putting a Pride flag on a nuclear warhead. Itโs a symbolic action which, alone, isnโt entirely subversive of the systemโs destructive nature. Such representation allows oppressive systems to flourish. We canโt obtain freedom by becoming oppressors ourselves. Justice shouldnโt be the cession of oppressive power to marginalized hands, but the cessation of such power.
When people see such simple representation as the means to an end, they show their reverence for oppressive power, that:
they still have some measure of respect for it and its legitimacy,
dismantling power isnโt that important of a mission for them, and
theyโre fine living with an oppressive system as long as they can go on living their life, have their sensibilities appeased, and still benefit from it
Iโve gotten a lot of guidance from this quote by Audre Lorde:
โFor the masterโs tools will never dismantle the masterโs house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the masterโs house as their only source of support.โ
โ Audre Lorde
These are just my personal feelings, so others may have conflicting thoughts or may want to provide their own insights. Iโm not an authority on this or anything, but the main point for me is that Iโm against how DEI as a framework is being appropriated to, as Angela Davis said, โguarantee a more efficient operation of oppressive systems.โ I see this happening in academia as well as in Hollywood, US politics, and so on, where DEI is being deployed as a smokescreen to give new life to oppression and make it look less harmful.
finally getting more time off from work versus the 60-70 hour weeks i was pulling before, so i started participating in a game jam and trying to have a presence on fedi again.
My producers dragged me to see โBarbieโ and it was one of the most woke movies have ever seen. My ful review of this flaming garbage heap of a film will be out on my YouTube channel tomorrow at 10am ET....
If you are commenting in a Beehaw community, yes, you are using Beehaw. Please be nice in our communities โ itโs the one rule we have, and by posting/commenting here, youโre subject to that rule. If you donโt want to do that, youโre more than welcome to find other communities and instances to participate on.
Japanese American singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki says her identity is made up of โa million selvesโ that defy categorization โ and fans are saying they find inspiration in that....
i give my week a 4/5, been busy the past few days trying to set up a Firefish instance with my partner which has been just awesome and iโm super excited to open it up and get people on it! rly inspired by beehawโs community-building style.
in less awesome news iโm moving back home at the end of the week and iโm not looking forward to it. moving is so stressful and i donโt want to be back home with my dad either lol.
โThe official Pokรฉmon Center shop has launched its latest plush toy - and itโs for Wiglett, the long, pink-tipped worm-like creature that stands erect at 10-and-a-quarter inches.โ
SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck' (www.pcgamer.com)
@panos@calckey.social on the Fediverse & Meta's Threads (calckey.social)
For those who don't want to click through, this is the content of the post:...
Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal (arstechnica.com)
Archive.org link
GoToSocial is a new ActivityPub social network server for the Fediverse (github.com)
This service is still in Alpha release but is already deployable and usable, and federates with other Fediverse servers....
Mike Johnson's speakership marks a new phase in the white evangelical-GOP alliance (www.npr.org)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/politics@lemmy.ml/t/597807...
Black queer mastodon instance (blackqueer.life)
Majority of Americans believe racism adds barriers to people of colorโs success (www.ipsos.com)
Nearly seven in ten (67%) say it is a serious problem that individuals treat Black, Latino, Asian, and Native Americans worse than white Americans. Two-fifths (39%) say it is a very serious problem....
Jasmine Crockett gives Marjorie Taylor Greene a lesson in "Engaging in Personalities" (yt.artemislena.eu)
Video reported by Forbes that cuts out Marj Greeneโs outburts / YT...
Inside the online world of people who think they can change their race (www.nbcnews.com)
Archive.org link
I'm looking for a new Mastodon instance. I'm not satisfied with the moderation on fosstodon. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Iโd also like a larger character limit.
On Not Letting DEI Get Coopted and Watered Down
A striking quote from Angela Davis:...
how's your holidays going, Beehaw
itโs a special Christmas/New Years edition of the Beehaw weekly thread! post all the shenanigans youโre up to
Frieren's Villains Are The Perfect Solution For One Of Anime's Big Issues (screenrant.com)
how's your week going, Beehaw
busy as usual, currently reading Alt-America (David Neiwert)
Right wing commentator, Ben Shapiro pictured at the Barbie movie wearing all black, frowning and holding a stack of angry notes he took during the movie. (beehaw.org)
My producers dragged me to see โBarbieโ and it was one of the most woke movies have ever seen. My ful review of this flaming garbage heap of a film will be out on my YouTube channel tomorrow at 10am ET....
Serious leak (beehaw.org)
Trump Seeks to Review Classified Evidence at His Own Secure Facility (www.nytimes.com)
Mitski says she doesnโt feel either fully Asian or American, and fans say they identify with that (www.nbcnews.com)
Japanese American singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki says her identity is made up of โa million selvesโ that defy categorization โ and fans are saying they find inspiration in that....
AAPI researchers celebrate new standards for collecting race, ethnicity data (19thnews.org)
Can we please bring back cloaks? (www.pinterest.cl)
Theyโre so great!...
18+ Pokรฉmon unveils official Wiglett toy (www.eurogamer.net)
โThe official Pokรฉmon Center shop has launched its latest plush toy - and itโs for Wiglett, the long, pink-tipped worm-like creature that stands erect at 10-and-a-quarter inches.โ