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   Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 11:40:07 JST Jonathan Kamens

   I suspect that a lot of white people in the fedi think if there were as much racism as Black folks are saying then they would see more of it. However, they're misunderstanding the nature of the racism. It's not casual, it's _targeted_. The racists go out of their way to find Black people and harass them.
   Since it's targeted, people who aren't the targets see only a very small fraction of it.
   Black folks aren't making shit up. Listen to them.
   #racism

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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:47 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     @unclesam @aby @ChuckMcManis Well, I suspected you weren't worth my time before, but now that you've cited UnHerd as a more trustworthy source than CNN, you've gone and proven it.
     👋 *plonk*

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     Uncle Sam (unclesam@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:48 JST Uncle Sam

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     @jik @aby @ChuckMcManis
     I can play that game too. You can always find an article to back up your opinions. Doesn't mean they're right or wrong.

     Ref: https://unherd.com/2023/03/stop-trying-to-make-digital-blackface-happen/

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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:50 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     @unclesam @aby @ChuckMcManis You might want to consider not speaking authoritatively about things you're wrong about.
     Ref: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/us/digital-blackface-social-media-explainer-blake-cec/index.html

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     Uncle Sam (unclesam@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:51 JST Uncle Sam

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     @aby @jik @ChuckMcManis
     I'm assuming you probably blocked him after unfairly calling him racist, but you should know..

     'digital blackface' doesn't exist. Blackface is a VERY specific action with deep meaning and when you call 'blackface' to things that aren't you're just minimizing the impact of the real deal. It's like calling everyone you don't like a racist. 🙄

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     farmer aby (aby@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:52 JST farmer aby

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     @jik - this is what I mean. White and white skinned people are going to read this guys responses and not see them as being racist, because he's "just having a discussion", right?

     He's being racist.

     @ChuckMcManis

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     Chuck (chuckmcmanis@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:54 JST Chuck

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     @aby

     That's an interesting take. Even without the inflammatory reference to 'blackface'. Do you always assume people you don't know are bad actors?

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     farmer aby (aby@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:55 JST farmer aby

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     @ChuckMcManis - yikes! Digital blackface isn't the take you think it is.

     How about you just believe Black people.

     @jik

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     Chuck (chuckmcmanis@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 00:14:56 JST Chuck

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     @jik +1 to this. If you're white try making an account as a person of color. The hate pile on quite real.

     As an engineer I recognize that countering that is extremely challenging without a central authority approving access to the network.

     Subscribing to some sort of real-time blocking service for instance operators might help (its a spam mitigation technique in email)

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     Eli Wallach's favorite Bass (voxofgod@jorts.horse)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 01:11:23 JST Eli Wallach's favorite Bass

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     @unclesam @aby @jik @ChuckMcManis

     You are stepping all over the The very explicit lived experience of black people and then saying you're not racist and not a Nazi

     Not realizing it's one in the same

     I have no idea how to reach some sort of creepy white dude like you who clearly seems to like making people feel uncomfortable

     Hopefully it gets you a block on my server

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     Ricardo Harvin (ricardoharvin@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 02:49:31 JST Ricardo Harvin

     • farmer aby
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     • Eli Wallach's favorite Bass

     @jacklaridian @voxofgod @unclesam@mstdn.plus @aby @jik@federate.social @ChuckMcManis Yes, actually, it is fair and universally accurate that we all hate racism in all its forms.

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 03:58:20 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     @ChuckMcManis Just a heads up, Uncle Sam got his account suspended for this conversation.