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Aella
@Aella_Girl
i entered a CH room titled "where the caucasian people @? ask a black person a question" where ppl were getting mad at a white woman for being 'ignorant' and not 'reading the room' - then proceed to tell white people it's 'white fragility' to be afraid of entering black rooms.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
tbf it was another white woman telling other white ppl it's their fault for experiencing fear around entering black-dominant rooms, but this was supported by other black voices.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
lol someone just asked "could you trust a white person" and now they're seriously debating it. one person was like "no", another was like "yes if they act against their self interest to support black people"
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
im getting from this room that black women have the highest status; the white ppl repeatedly are super deferent to the black, and all the men, white and black, are deferent to the black women, with black women frequently described with hero-type language
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
"antiracism isn't feel-good work. It's gonna feel uncomfortable because that's the only way you grow." yeah i remember IF YOU FEEL BAD THEN THATS A SIGN THIS IS RIGHT from my fundamentalist christian brainwashing
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
they're talking critically about a woman in the room who was congratulating other white ppl in the room for showing up to a 'ask black ppl questions' room and saying 'we need to heal the planet and all get along' stuff. They say no, actually white ppl need to feel more guilty
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
a black guy announced that he put his cashapp on his profile and someone was like woo! Redistribute the wealth!
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
ooo a supportive white person just got accused of 'performative allyship' in an attempt to distance herself from her whiteness
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
a black lady is now complaining that white ppl are asking 'what i can do to help you guys here' instead of explaining what they're doing to help black ppl in their own communities
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
a white woman just entered without really knowing context and loudly announced that she is offering healing services to black people for free is she about to get slaughtered y/n
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
yes she's getting slaughtered a black lady was like "but its not enough, you have to go make systemic change" and she was like "but im trying to do that, im inviting black women on my podcast" and they were like "but why are black women coming on YOUR podcast"
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
they're upset she didn't come in and ask black people what she could do for htem. "Unless your'e ready to go out and challenge the system then you're not helping any of us. Your favors, your handouts, aren't helping us. We don't need resources, we need power"
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
now they're getting mad cause she was offering spiritual-esque services to black people, but a lot of spirituality has been stolen from black people
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
a new black lady has come in and is extremely mad that this conversation seems to be so space-giving for white people
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
she said that hearing the white lady talking about offering her services to black people made her feel really unsafe and no, the room is not safe. this caused some controversy, other black ppl were referring to the room as a 'safe space'
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