“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” - Angela Y. Davis
Note that anti-racist doesn’t mean “Racist against the race that isn’t currently the victim”, and it doesn’t mean “giving the targeted population special privileges in unrelated fields, to make up for it”. It means “Calling out all prejudice/hate when it happens, and addressing and reversing systemic biases that keep the underprivileged people underprivileged”
If one can’t agree with this description of being anti-racist, they’re either not helping bring about the equality they may claim to want, or they’re actually just a racist themselves and lack either empathy, perspective, or both
I think a 63 year old poll needs a tad more context but I’ll get hell for it I’m sure
The Civil Rights Movement - Wikipedia there’s context
Thanks I had no idea that happened.
…uh! assuming you aren’t joking, genuinely very glad you are here to learn this!
very important thing that happened not that long ago lol. :)
i mean, people outside of america exist :)
i don’t think nepalese people find the american civil rights movement tremendously relevant, for example
for sure :) nevertheless this user has mentioned living in Louisiana in the past (its edited now but said so more directly when i wrote this) and i see them discussing US politics quite frequently, so that is the context i am working with
if i didn’t have that context i’d be less confused bc for sure i’d assume it was a non american person. none of that excuses being so mean about it either way. ah well 😅
Some neo-Nazi mouthpiece in Germany got stabbed before a scheduled speech, and some Lemmy comments are all ‘oh now you’re just giving them what they want.’
I mean, if that’s what they want, they’re welcome to it. Drink your fill.
When people complained about the BLM protests blocking traffic, I liked to reply with pictures of MLK leading massive marches down the street.
but it doesn’t do anything!!! all it does is inconvenience the average person!! concepts such as solidarity and collective messaging are meaningless to me (i choose to ignore them)! you should go and protest in front of lawmakers’ homes quietly where i can safely choose to ignore you instead!!!
/satire
Don’t make me tap the Letter from Birmingham Jail
