Examples of racism on Lemmy? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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In 4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!) and its cross-posts, quite a few people said things like "maybe racism is a problem on Mastodon, but I don't see it on Lemmy." Of course, plenty of comments in the various threads were in fact examples of racism on Lemmy, so one takeaway is that at lot of people don't see racism even when they're looking at it. And helpful commenters pointed out some of the other patterns of racism on Lemmy. ... but that wasn't really the thrust of that discussion.

So I wanted to ask more generally, what are some of the examples you've seen of racism on Lemmy? Quotes and links are great, but also feel free just to describe examples or call out more general patterns!

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[-] hanabatake@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

I did not see any racist comments for quite some time. But xenophobic comments were common on threads about Ukraine’s invasion.

The anti-French sentiment is also present here like in the whole English speaking web.

The French aren’t known for their hygiene so I am not surprised their river is filthy

From a post about an olympic triathlete who got sick: https://lemmy.ml/post/18887659

In Belgium: Tartare or Mayo. Andalouse for the gal, thanks In the UK: Salt and Vinegar In both cases: I will have to change seat if you plop yourself in front of me with your poor fries inundated by ketchup. Only the French do that, and it is a Casus Belli in my book.

From a post about dipping fries: https://lemmy.ml/post/18963222

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago

The anti-French sentiment is also present here like in the whole English speaking web.

Frankly, I'm always going to be anti-French until ALL of their leech-like tentacles are severed and ejected from every Afrikan nation they've been hoovering the resources out of. I have no love for neocolonists, not the French, not the Israeli, and sure as shit not the Amerikan.

[-] hanabatake@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I do not understand how writing stuff like "French are dirty" helps with decolonization. I suppose by anti French you mean something else.

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

"If you hate a monk, you'll even hate his robes." Now whether or not that hate is warranted, well, global colonialism has made that a matter of subjectivity, but me, I'll always thoroughly hate a settler. I hate the way that they walk, the way that they talk, I hate the way that they dress.

[-] hanabatake@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Then I think that this hate is not warranted. France’s army is leaving Africa. The French government want the end of Franc CFA because it is harming African development and they do not get anything of it anymore. Economic ties are very low. China and Russia are more influential in Africa nowadays. France is not the imperialist superpower it used to be

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