Anti-Blackness is a long-term problem in the fediverse. Now's a good time to start changing that.

Here’s the list:

  1. Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices
  2. Post less – and think before you post
  3. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
  4. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
  5. Approach it intersectionally

The full article goes into detail, and also has links to anti-racism resources and appendices with a list of common mistakes to avoid and blocklist resources for moderators.

Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on earlier drafts!

  • @o7___o7English
    13•27 days ago

    Yeesh, this escaped containment quickly, didn’t it?

    Thanks for keeping our bar nazi-free!

    • @ebuEnglish
      13•27 days ago

      with how much of a revolving door of covert white supremacists lemmy is, i can imagine it’s hard to boot them out faster than they come in. just federation things

      • David GerardMAEnglish
        13•27 days ago

        we treat it as a sort of shooting gallery

        • @froztbyteEnglish
          11•26 days ago

          if nothing else, their willingness to always and rapidly tell you who they are is definitely a useful marker for when to turn on the egress-o-matic for the whole domain