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but the thing is that this stuff is just factually wrong. eugenics doesnt work. race science isnt true. theyre morally wrong, yes, but theyre also factually incorrect, ideas that are deployed in service of monstrous ideology despite the fact that they simply arent true.

Anti-blackness in the indie scene is a serious issue and we should always call it out even if it seems like a "nothing-burger," but at the same time you should always uplift and support black indie creators regardless. Solely bringing them up when some popular indie creator gets called out for racism will only lead them to being forgotten when the controversy dims down and everyone moves on to something else.

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The rest of you can (and really ought to!) reblog, but it's not your turn to talk. Just listen and reflect!

What DOES a good apology for antiblackness look like, to you?

Not a shitty twitter apology that dodges accountability. Not a genuine apology made to white fans to soothe their embarrassment and egos and maintain white solidarity.

What does an ACTUAL apology for antiblackness consist of, to you?

What actions do you need to see from people who claim to be better, to deserve your support despite a history of being unsafe?

Why do you think nonblack people feel they're entitled to grace, and what would actually EARN them your grace? What makes you not want to offer it at all?

And I recognise the utility of audio apologies. It's important to say "I'm sorry" when you hurt people and I do think it needs to be said. I just think that people who've been antiblack should keep the self-flagellation in their audio apologies to themselves. It's enough to say "I was wrong. I'm sorry".

The rest of you can (and really ought to!) reblog, but it's not your turn to talk. Just listen and reflect!

What DOES a good apology for antiblackness look like, to you?

Not a shitty twitter apology that dodges accountability. Not a genuine apology made to white fans to soothe their embarrassment and egos and maintain white solidarity.

What does an ACTUAL apology for antiblackness consist of, to you?

What actions do you need to see from people who claim to be better, to deserve your support despite a history of being unsafe?

Why do you think nonblack people feel they're entitled to grace, and what would actually EARN them your grace? What makes you not want to offer it at all?

Second is to abandon the myth of linear progress which is designed to protect people's comfort to be anti-Black (among other things). There isn't a statute of limitation on racism and it wasn't simply some different time, or you not knowing better because the harm was still caused.

This also goes for other people seeing anti-Black racism from others. No, someone being older doesn't make them exempt from being anti-Black. If someone is too young, then y'all go on about how they're a kid and don't know any better (even when the person in question is literally an adult and you infantilize them.) If they're older, then no, they're not from another time.

There were people who knew and did better at every point in time and we all didn't just recently discover that anti-Black racism was bad whenever you personally learned about it.

New =/= New to me

Actually apologize to Black people specifically and don't hide on the fence when non-Black people inevitably start harassing whoever the apology was for in the first place. Every single time a situation that necessitates an apology happens there are inevitably people who will run defense for you.

When people are anti-Black, especially in digital spaces specifically, regardless of the anti-Black person's intentions, they represent an almost mythological, thrilling source of joy for non-Black subjects that desire racial violence.

I think that the digital online machine hijacks the mind and body of the disabled subject and uploads them as a granter of that desire regardless of the intentions of the individual person.

They won't care about you personally but will kick up controversy and harass others to protect what they feel is a right to be anti-Black.

If you're going to apologize you have to specifically address this issue too.

Not to "PoC" not "Brown people" but Black people. If it's Black people you're talking about then say that. Digital spaces are designed to produce and grant the desires of those that wish to engage in anti-Blackness. If you're serious and apologetic you'll push back against said people.

Finally if you're going to apologize then actually do it without framing the person you're apologizing to as too much or over the top. When you're Black, especially for Black MaGes, non-Black people always seem to look for any opportunity they can to feel like they can put you in your place or shift blame onto you.

I can give an example where I casually said that medical and research institutions are racist, which they are. Keep in mind I also work in this field myself, so I'm speaking not just from a patient perspective but from a professional one too.

Shortly after I got a snide reply speaking as if I am opposed to the very concept of research when. When I called them out on it and asked them to not speak to me that way, they also just continually replied and demanded I apologize to them despite instigating the situation in the first place.