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   z (blkstarseed@anarchism.space)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 00:12:44 JST z

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   when it comes to masto, i don't think it's coincidental that these cries to "keep mastodon weird!" are cropping up at the same time new and old PoC users describe their experiences with racism.

   specifically, Black masto users describing their experiences with antiblackness

   on a visceral level it's offensive, but also heinously high school. the idea that if you fiercely gatekeep who is allowed in and scare away those who you assume "wouldn't make a good fit" then you create a hermetic seal

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     z (blkstarseed@anarchism.space)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 00:12:45 JST z

     In the few weeks since I've returned to both Tumblr and Mastodon (following the slow death of the bird app), both of my timelines have been a veritable tapestry of what I tend to call the "weaponization of white weirdness"

     specifically the fear of white folks who dominate specific subcultural spaces that the inclusion of more people who weren't already part of a subculture will somehow alter the cultural aesthetics, mores, etc

     very "there goes the neighborhood" syndrome

     whetstone repeated this.