Post 3221551 by tw34k@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #3221550 by Torie@todon.nl
2019-01-21T15:41:42Z
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I don’t think white takes on MLK are usually very good but I am in awe of him and the contemporary black activists who have carried on his legacy to make the world a better place.
(DIR) Post #3221551 by tw34k@mastodon.social
2019-01-21T15:46:11Z
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@Torie White people have to stop racism.It's not on us to weigh in on black issues necessarily but it's on us to draw a hard line with our own personal circles.Black lives matter. Dismantle white supremacy.
(DIR) Post #3221552 by igeljaeger@the.hedgehoghunter.club
2019-01-21T15:47:42.871297Z
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@tw34k @Torie I'd be DELIGHTED on how you would go on about "that"
(DIR) Post #3221560 by igeljaeger@the.hedgehoghunter.club
2019-01-21T15:48:00.252302Z
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@tw34k @Torie I'd be DELIGHTED to know how you would go on about "that"
(DIR) Post #3222488 by anarchiv@todon.nl
2019-01-21T15:50:33Z
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@tw34k @TorieI think this sort of misses Torie's point. Anyway, I'm always worried that the exclusion might backfire. What keeps some white people from becoming racist (we're all racist, in one way or another) is circles that are not. I feat that if we stop educating them, they might just turn toward circles that are more racist.I'm feeling bad about having turned away from my brother because I might be the only person who might make him reconsider his racist ideas.
(DIR) Post #3222489 by tw34k@mastodon.social
2019-01-21T16:03:46Z
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@anarchiv @TorieI understand that. Have been in the same position with many old friends and family.The thing is, it's not our job to catch people up on their social or moral education. When you're talking about (racial) justice issues, people are either going to be receptive or they aren't.You can't "TEACH" empathy. You can't logic someone into caring if they really don't.
(DIR) Post #3222490 by Torie@todon.nl
2019-01-21T16:06:03Z
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@tw34k @anarchiv I uh. Fundamentally disagree with this.
(DIR) Post #3222492 by Torie@todon.nl
2019-01-21T16:08:10Z
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@tw34k @anarchiv it has been my experience that talking with my shitty white family members about race that they have gotten MUCH more receptive. It is actually the job of every white person to educate their family about racial issues provided that it doesn’t put them in actual danger.
(DIR) Post #3222493 by Torie@todon.nl
2019-01-21T16:14:57Z
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@tw34k @anarchiv I do think it’s kinda fucked up to just write off people in my family who are poor with no education as too fundamentally bad as people to understand racism. Like that’s absurd. People in general like to think of themselves as nor racist. So if you can explain to them that the things they think aren’t racist actually are racist you can get quite far with people sometimes!
(DIR) Post #3222494 by anarchiv@todon.nl
2019-01-21T16:21:04Z
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@Torie @tw34k Education is another huge point. I'm from a working class family. I got all my knowledge about structural discrimination from university as well as a type of activism I hardly could've understood without going to university. So... it's hard for me to judge them for it. And I know both worlds, so I feel like it's on me to make that transfer of knowledge (actually, most times it's just vocabulary).
(DIR) Post #3222495 by Melvin@the.hedgehoghunter.club
2019-01-21T16:26:25.820113Z
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@anarchiv @tw34k @Torie Because universities are famous for giving well reasoned and complete information about "social justice" issues... How is that different from the one-sided worldview that working class people get attributed?