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EM_POC WEEKLY THREAD!!! 03/01/2024

Previous thread is over here.

I forgot to update this yesterday since I was at work.

As usual: no crackers allowed.

Here, you can:

vent

chat

gush

inquire

etc.

about, well, anything, ig.

Bonus discussion question:

What are your favorite books about BIPOC and EM people?

Could be about individuals, a few individuals, or a social history (or, well, everything having to do with EM_BIPOC peoples).

Mine is kind of a "basic opinion" but it's:

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

Read it right when it came out.

And I knew it was going to be a "classic" (or, at least, on many peoples' "to-read" lists).

Of course, I'm an obscurist, sort-of. I recommend more obscure works, but this one really stood out to me back when it first came out. I had a professor that also recommended the book and had us all read it in class. I believe they were Apache.

On the topic of "obscure" works, I would recommend Henry Winston's Strategy for a Black Agenda, which is my favorite work on such topics as Pan-Africanism and violence vs. non-violence (and whether and how to use both or when).

Anyway, take care!

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  • I think I need to rage and vent in an extreme and I'm fighting everything I've been taught about being a calm and polite black person.

    I'm activity trying to find a healthy outlet, but I'm also annoyed with the racism that shames people of color for having complex emotions. I think I'm going to try to shout and vent in my car, but I've got fear that someone will overhear and call the cops or whatever.

    • That sounds fucking terrifying, especially that last part.

      But I getcha. I'm not Black, but during school, at least, I felt trapped and judged, you know?

      My therapist was also racist to me (at least one of 'em that I had before I moved on to the next).

      • Thanks, I think you can totally relate to having your emotions policed by racists. It's rough though then it's a therapist. You're paying them to be on your side and they couldn't even manage that.

        It sucks to struggle, but I hope we can find some peace with it soon.

    • Go for a drive on the freeway and yell about whatever. I do that!

      Most people don't notice as you zoom by and, even if they do, you're in the freeway and you zip by. It's a good place to vent. Just don't go too fast and keep your eyes on the road.

  • It’s weird how hard people will use the one-drop rule. My nephew is mixed with his father being a brown mestizo and mother being a very pale English woman. Their kid is by all means a white boy and yet they insist he’s actually a little tan when the kid can’t even be out in the sun too long because he starts to get burnt.

  • On the topic of “obscure” works, I would recommend Henry Winston’s Strategy for a Black Agenda, which is my favorite work on such topics as Pan-Africanism and violence vs. non-violence (and whether and how to use both or when).

    YES YES YES YES. Big rec here, also "We Will Shoot Back", by Akinyele Omowale Umoja.

  • To be honest, Henry Winston's work has a few antiquated or unpopular opinions, such as in regard to "Maoist China."

    But that's kinda what I like about it. Either way, you'll come away from it with a new perspective.

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