RE: Is slack a private social club and other issues my sorry ass has landed itself in
April 19, 2019 at 10:02 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2019 at 10:10 am by LadyForCamus.)
Jorm, I appreciate your apology, and I will take you at your word that you meant no offense. Thank you. That being said, I’m getting really sick of white people, in general, making excuses and rationalizations for saying the N-word. Just fucking stop. Every adult on this forum should know better. The fact that this word is even a topic of debate right now is lending it power and attention that it doesn’t deserve. It needs to die out of our vocabulary. Full stop. On what grounds could anyone possibly argue otherwise? I can’t imagine how it must feel to be a black person watching a bunch of white folks debate what circumstances are “appropriate” for them to use the N-word. How fucking belittling.
I’m not saying I’m perfect. As a white girl from the burbs, I’m sure I’ve said some racially insensitive stuff along the way without realizing. And, I realize I’m not absolved of responsibility here. I’m participating as much as anyone else, but can’t we raise the bar a bit higher than this? This conversation is the type of thing that white people will never have to suffer. I sympathize with Steel that he has to witness this kind of crap play out in a place he probably considers as much of a home as his own.
And no, sorry. Black people using that word with each other is not the same. They re-claimed it, and gave it a new meaning. The two scenarios are not equivalent. They couldn’t be more different, actually. One scenario represents using a word to control and dehumanize a group of people, and the other represents that dehumanized group of people attempting to liberate themselves in some small way, from the power and dehumanizing effects of that word. It’s the least we can do, giving them that. Perhaps I’m overly sensitive, but that’s my position on the subject. Take it as you will.
As far as Slack goes, the chat is open to anyone. Maybe we need a more concrete set of rules, but generally speaking, if you not a dick most of the time, things will probably work out. I’m not calling you a dick, Jorm. I’m just generalizing how the admins choose to run the joint.
I’m not saying I’m perfect. As a white girl from the burbs, I’m sure I’ve said some racially insensitive stuff along the way without realizing. And, I realize I’m not absolved of responsibility here. I’m participating as much as anyone else, but can’t we raise the bar a bit higher than this? This conversation is the type of thing that white people will never have to suffer. I sympathize with Steel that he has to witness this kind of crap play out in a place he probably considers as much of a home as his own.
And no, sorry. Black people using that word with each other is not the same. They re-claimed it, and gave it a new meaning. The two scenarios are not equivalent. They couldn’t be more different, actually. One scenario represents using a word to control and dehumanize a group of people, and the other represents that dehumanized group of people attempting to liberate themselves in some small way, from the power and dehumanizing effects of that word. It’s the least we can do, giving them that. Perhaps I’m overly sensitive, but that’s my position on the subject. Take it as you will.
As far as Slack goes, the chat is open to anyone. Maybe we need a more concrete set of rules, but generally speaking, if you not a dick most of the time, things will probably work out. I’m not calling you a dick, Jorm. I’m just generalizing how the admins choose to run the joint.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
