@ChuffMeister @MichaelTBacon @alissaazar you definitely need to tune in - silently please - to the racist mastodon meta. It's not about "bad instances," it's about bad behavior that most major instances don't find concerning enough to be actionable but which effectively drives away minority population users who are already burnt out & super don't from talking with this on every other social media.
Every single black mastodon user I follow experiences this. It's not just about instances.
@Raccoon you probably already blocked the people I was replying to lol 
or they blocked you idk
@jimvernon @Raccoon we're way past "rather annoyed," we're talking about people openly fantasizing about rape in response to a known rapist being reelected. It would be a good move to have stern words & actions with these motherfuckers & it hurts your feelings that you're one of the only demographics they actually listen to? I don't care! LOL 
@jimvernon @Raccoon dude buck the fuck up, we're talking about ACTUAL RAPE THREATS by a group of people who literally want to legalize rape & end no-fault divorce and control women in every way possible. & Here we are talking about how you *feeel* about being asked to come get your people. 
@joefox @polotek @pete the comment about "what do i have to do to be good enough" is also p sketchy. Productive & equitable conversations with people of color, especially as they're actively experiencing marginalization & trying to find solutions, isn't some cool kids club to buy your way into with the right words & behaviors. Sometimes it's not even appropriate for a white person to participate at all. But if you do, you should at least kind of understand white supremacy on a basic level.
@joefox @polotek @pete the biggest red flag which outsiders should understand immediately to signal to a person of color that theres no conversation to be had is, a white person saying "i feel like youre excluding/making assumptions about me based on my skin color" (read: "reverse racism," etc.)
Anyone putting in minimal effort in 2024 needs to understand: there IS NO RACISM AGAINST WHITES. In a global system of white supremacy, its not possible for whites to be oppressed for their whiteness.
