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Examples of racism on Lemmy?
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I'm not black so I am sure I am not sensitive enough to it, but I don't think I've ever seen any racism on here. On a slightly related note have experienced transphobia only two or three times in over a year, and they were quickly banned. I imagine it works the same way.
I have an account in beehaw too, and it's usually the one that interacts with the world. It's considerably different from a different instance.
"I'm not black but". More than black folks experience racism, but at least it wasn't "As a color blind white man"
It would be more helpful if you gave an example of the proper way of addressing the issue.
Thanks for the adrenaline spike.
I am priveleged not to experience racism as others do. As a consequence/therefore/ etc.
Yeah it sucks big time. I dated a foreign student once and people would shout crap out of their car and drive off. And when we ate at a restaurant I could have sworn that they made their food too salty to eat on purpose.
Personally I have sort of experienced a weaker version of it first hand when visiting Poland each time. People wouldn't serve me at all, or charge ridiculous prices.
"person of color" or POC is the broad category of people who aren't white.
๐ค Sounds wrong to me
Possibly because "colored" is and has been used as a slur? That was the connection my brain made when I first heard it and put me off, but many POCs use the term POC comfortably, so...?
Well, I am not from the US so I don't have that connotation. It's more that it puts it relative to white people. And white people also get discriminated, so it isn't an inclusive term.
They do for sure. I didn't say POC is shorthand for "people who are discriminated against", just "people who aren't white".
Yeah it sounds more like a US term. Let's just stick to racism?
Those are totally different words with different meanings.