Post #2417849

2026-01-28 16:34 UTC

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter #ThoughtExperiment At two of those rallies, important people said “This is not who we are.” But as you all pointed out – it is who we are. The activist community needs to be more vocal in rejecting that narrative and we must educate and push our leaders to do the same. 8/8

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@independentpen@mas.to 2026-01-28 16:55

@fulanigirl@mstdn.social I 💯 agree with the substance of this argument. We need to reckon with who we've been, who we've *chosen* to be, who we very much still are. Platitudes meant to make people feel better instead of dealing with injustice is honestly despicable. And yet - I think this phrase sometimes serves a different purpose. When people are using it to say, I reject who we've been; I am choosing who we are from now on and putting action to it - I think this can be a powerful expression of change.

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@springdiesel@spore.social 2026-01-28 17:12

This IS who we are. This IS who we are. This is not who we THOUGHT we were, through denial, delusion cultural programming. A bunch of us white folks grew up thinking everything got fixed in the Civil Rights era. A bunch of us white folks thought just deciding not to be racist was the same thing as ending racism. A bunch of us white folks never realized racism embedded in our institutions and processes that doesn't even need any active human racists in order to keep producing injustice.

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@seaborgium1234@mastodon.social 2026-02-02 08:38

What if "who we are" was less a fixed point and more a constantly shifting horizon? Then, every declaration becomes a kind of gentle nudge.

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