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(By the way, PoC stands for "People of Colour" - i.e. people who aren't white Americans.)
Hmm. Good luck with that, you may say. Never fear, however - the group's moderator has her back!Lauren Bollinger wrote: Hey I know I'm not a mod but as a general PSA can people (esp white members) stop posting articles about PoC cultures??? I've been seeing too many of them lately and it's actually making me v upset and distrustful of this community. Like I understand these cultures are v new and interesting to you as a member of the dominant culture but it really reeks of eurocentricism, exoticization and the white gaze. Like these components of the culture are not very "cool" or "freaky" to the people who live within them, it's just their way of life.
Not to mention posting stuff like that is extremely ostracizing/erasing for club members from those cultures. Like you're assuming that most/if not all cool freaks would find this information new or interesting, which simply is not the case.
I hope that this page can be one day be a place where me and other PoC don't feel exocitized and we can all enjoy cool and freaky articles together.
Wait a minute, says one member of the group - what is she actually talking about?Erin Kimiko wrote: For now, anyone can put in their respectful opinion, but calling OP oversensitive here is gonna get you kicked (by me. I'm gonna kick you.)
No dice.Bert Reiheld wrote:Could you sight some examples? There was the Sentinelese the other week, but other than that, looks like everything else is whiter than swim team.
Isn't this all just a little bit ridiculous, asks one group member?Kat Danger McLaren wrote:marginalized people don't like being asked to prove they are being marginalized..... bc that's how privileged ppl gaslight them
Uh oh. You just crossed the line, boy.Edward Sumić wrote:this is facebook, not a classroom, a workplace or a courtroom - if somebody posts something you don't like then leave the group, if somebody posts something that is deemed offensive by the people that run the group then the person will get removed, it's as simple as that. Stop taking it so seriously, maybe go for a walk or something?
OK, so Eric's gone. But what about all the other perpetrators? Will they get their just deserts?Erin Kimiko wrote:example of ban worthy comment
An efficient system. One member, however, worries that some undesirables may be falling through the cracks.Erin Kimiko wrote:My friends, please comment tagging my name under the Bad comments. Help me.
Suzy Q Funk is unimpressed.Simone de Beauvoir wrote:Can the mods please be sure to ban everyone who is *liking* the shitty comments as well?
I think we've heard enough. Put her in the van!Suzy Q Funk wrote: If something as trivial and ambiguous as a Facebook "like" feels oppressive to you, maybe a public page just isn't for you? Perhaps you'd be more comfortable on a page with only people who are like you?
So, practically everyone complaining that the original post was too politically correct has been summarily executed. There still remains one line of attack, however: arguing that it wasn't politically correct enough...Simone de Beauvoir wrote:Erin Kimiko
Journie has a further linguistic suggestion for the punters at home.Journie Sovanara Ma-Johnson wrote: I would like to point out that "person of color" is a west centric notion based on whiteness. Like in the US we have a white majority and a culture based on white supremacy so people who aren't white are "of color" but Chinese people living in China aren't "people of color" because they don't have a white supremacist culture so it doesn't make sense to call them that within the context of their own country. Referring to non-western countries/cultures as "people of color countries/cultures" perpetuates western centric ideologies that can't necessarily be applied universally.
What can you say to that?Journie Sovanara Ma-Johnson wrote: aside from "people of color countries" being inaccurate, it's also just silly. if you really wanted to use that kind of phrasing, why not say "countries of color?
Marte My wrote: Wow, this group just reached a whole new level of PC.
Zach Holbrook wrote:Erin Kimiko
God bless America.Jesse Alvarez wrote: The operative word in the phrase "politically correct" is "correct", bud
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