Notices by Ya favorite tho(ugh)t (are0h@playvicious.social), page 82

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Yo, as a person that has to constantly deal with racism and it's effects, I do not care about kind salutations and obligatory statements of how what we 'all' need to do something.

If for whatever reason it makes you uncomfortable to say the continuation of racism is primarily b/c of white identified people, then we have nothing to talk about.

Kind words didn't stop Tamir Rice and Rekia Boyd from getting murdered by police.

Get to work and/or be quiet.

I know it's hard to hear, but you have to realize why racism is still such a force in the States. No, it's not a handful of crazies that keep it alive.

It's everyday white people that see this egregious behavior in their spaces and do nothing. Every 'joke' they let slide, every 'harmless' comment from a family member, etc...

If racists are a 'minority' in America, then why do white people allow them to have the loudest voice for their culture?

I'll let you do the math.

The puff piece published to 'understand' Nazis is indicative of the overall pervasiveness of white people to embrace hatred in one form or another.

Hate is the primary characteristic of white American culture. It is how they define themselves.

That is how you know racism is intentional. White people will exert enormous effort justifying the irrational and violent, but deny the obviousness of its effects.

Racism is still here b/c white people love to hate.

Racism isn't based on ignorance or lack of knowledge. White people make the choice to embrace racism every day.

The piece is bad enough, but there is a culture that allows thoughts like this to be viewed as 'legitimate' and even 'noble'.

White people, whether conservative or liberal, have created a culture that sustains racism.

That's why racism still thrives in the 21st century.

So, I get up and go about my morning news rounds when I see another high profile piece talking about Nazi's as 'normal' people.

Look, I'm going to be very clear about this.

If you're ever wondering something as vile as Nazism took place, just look at white America right now.

They will go out of their way to deny racism, but bend over backwards to justify the unjustifiable.

The future of the web has got to be about taking ownership of our online spaces back.

No, not all places are awful of course, but ones that exploit our experience rather than supplement it have to be starved of the resource they need to survive.

And that resource is you. And how do we do that? By reclaiming our online personas and content instead of just giving it way because it's easier and/or popular.

I hear complaints about the big social media locations all the time and they are valid.

But my questions now is you know they don't care about us and your complaints are falling on deaf ears, so what are you going to do?

Are you going to keep running your business through platforms that you know are exploiting you? Are you going to keep engaging your audience through a site that sells their info for money?

What are you prepared to do to make the web a better place?

Morning beautiful people. It's the weekend! Do something completely and utterly for you.

I remember there was a time I was terrified of email set and administration.

Now, I can set it up while I'm taking break to eat.

Progress, man. That shit is real.

@brennen Again, we are just going to disagree.

Ensuring people's space online isn't some Mission Impossible scenario. Facebook and Twitter both have millions of resources to affect positive. But like you said, they don't give a shit.

That's the core of the problem is indifference, not difficulty.

@jackyalcine I discovered this a couple of years ago and really became disillusioned with Birdland.

It's all really just smoke and mirrors. Just like Myspace was and FB is.

Most users just *think* it isn't. Once that veil is pierced it will collapse overnight.