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This November is extra weird. Without a shred of self-awareness, a lot of people are about to go from:
* Getting on social media to blame Black men for Trump winning the election
* Going home to eat Thanksgiving dinner with their family, most of whom are Trump voters
* Getting back online to despair about "Whatever shall we do now?" And "Something must be done!" And "Why did men do this to us?" And "Why didn't Black women save us?" And "What's up with Latino men?"
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You want to fight fascism, but the call is literally coming from inside the house. Not a figurative house. A real house. Your house.
Trust me, I do understand that some families are tough, and confronting your family is challenging. I get it. Sincerely I do. It's difficult. I'm not asking you to fight.
But don't pretend that you don't know who's voting for Trump, and don't you dare pretend that Black strangers that you've never helped, didn't do enough to protect you from your own family.
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@mekkaokereke
I’m filling this one under:
“White people, you just gotta stop blaming Black people.”
It’s just true.
@taatm @mekkaokereke Less blame, more listening. Black people have centuries more experiencing this than we do.
(This is not to blame anyone, just my thoughts about what I observed.)
"more listening"
It sounds so good but it just another avoidance strategy.
Yes, we should listen more. But what you hear, needs also to be understood and later internalized.
Listening is absolutely not enough.
And after internalization there needs to be action. Without a change in behavior, listening alone would only be a waste of time.
But what or whom to listen to?
Without asking a question, you won't get answers. But to ask questions, you need to have them. You need to realize, that something is not the way, you think it is.
And you need trust to dare asking questions.
Aside from that, listening yourself is more important than telling others to listen more.
So yes, in an atmosphere of ignorance, "listening more" seems to be a good advice. But on a closer look, it is not even the beginning.
Like the mastodon development. "Sure, we heard the Black community, arguing for a better moderation system and stuff. But we know better and decided to keep it like it is."
But we have to listen more!!! Or maybe not. Maybe the problem lies somewhere else.
The "listen more" may come from the time, when Twitter started to open certain discussions (MeToo, BLM, ...). But these times are probably over now.
Fediverse works different. It is public, but somehow not for the public. You can show here, what you are _doing_ and what is important for you.
It is not really a campaign instrument although still useful. Here you speak to real people you can collaborate with, not public figures.
And collaboration implies labor.
@AdeptVeritatis @taatm @mekkaokereke I define listening as an active process. Receiving the words and not considering them nor using them to drive action is just hearing IMO.