Post AjK1MH710EeMsanY48 by civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social
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 (DIR) Post #AjK1MH710EeMsanY48 by civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social
       2024-06-23T18:17:14Z
       
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       Anti-Asian racism? On the fediverse? It’s more likely than you think. https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/112661026027312818For your consideration: #FediBlock.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjK1MIN0KH2AmTHpcu by civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social
       2024-06-23T18:17:14Z
       
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       Dig this: In the very last two years I used X, I never encountered anti-Asian racism from people purporting to be socially liberal. In the two years I’ve used Mastodon, I’ve encountered two instances of anti-Asian racism from people purporting to be socially liberal. That’s not to mention the torrent of anti-Black racism I see from this same kind of people. Make of that what you will.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjK1MJUU9wc2FxnJvU by civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social
       2024-06-23T18:17:15Z
       
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       This is the kind of shit that makes me self-censor. I’d rather remain silent and avoid discussing my personal negative experiences of race than to endure people responding with ignorance, condescension and interrogation.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjK1MKSkXsonGrzRrM by civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social
       2024-06-23T18:17:15Z
       
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       I also don’t want to exhaust myself defending against ignorant, racist statements. When I read, “most Chinese are still poor peasants,” I hate that my first instinct was to fact-check. I really should know better, but I ended up spending 30 minutes researching this person’s uncited claim. And as it turns out, that statement is statistically untrue, according the World Bank: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/974173482/what-chinas-total-victory-over-extreme-poverty-looks-like-in-actuality
       
 (DIR) Post #AjK1MLFfbzwxiasW6y by civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social
       2024-06-23T18:17:16Z
       
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       In conclusion: Please advocate Mastodon’s developers to add the ability to turn off replies. It might be our best way to discourage this genre of racist flame-warring, until the people who engage in that behavior do some major self-reflection. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565