Excellent thread by Tim Wise via Jeff Tiedrich

[geardaddy]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1587230127783649281.html

1/ As people flee Twitter, or threaten to, in response to Elon’s takeover and the harassment it has already spawned and likely will bc of less content moderation, there are some things I’ve noticed. Please follow this thread and share it. It’s sorta important…
2/ To illustrate the point I want to make (and will, shortly), first, a brief story. It takes place in New Orleans, in 1996. I am sitting in a workshop (as a participant, not facilitator), and we are discussing racism and community building…
3/ After a Black woman has been sharing her stories of dealing with racism, a white woman begins to cry. As one does. Then when the facilitator calls on her, she talks about how “hard” this work is and how dispiriting…
4/ She despairs of ever undoing racism, either among some in her own family or professional circles, or society more broadly. She again talks of how “hard” it all is and how it makes her want to give up sometimes…

Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

1. Wow. If Mr. Wise is correct

and I have no reason to believe he isn't, once again, it is black people are the people keeping us from self destruction. Very interesting read.

[geardaddy]

2. Yes, African-Americans

live with the issues that we are now all fighting to rid the country of.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 n/t

[chowder66]

4. ...and this

"To those white folks worried about Twitter toxicity. Please, AMERICA has been toxic for Black people for hundreds of years. If they can manage to fight on, survive and thrive despite it, you can deal with ugliness in your timeline.
And please know none of this is meant to romanticize suffering or the strength often born of it. It is simply to say that when you’ve been wading thru the shit for hundreds of years, you learn how to wade through it. It’s the only choice you have…"

[geardaddy]

8. Yes!

[chowder66]

5. K&R

[Bev54]

6. I understand this thread but twitter needs to be looked at through a

different lens. This article in Empty Wheel, really spoke to me about twitter, FB and other social media sites. I will always keep this in mind. I am not a twitter user but remember this:

"If something is free, you’re the product."

This article is food for thought.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/11/03/lasciando-il-matrimonio-di-elmo/

[11 Bravo]

7. While I can't disagree with Wise's post, I'll be fucked with a rusty rake before ...

I do anything that might put a nickel in Elon Musk's pocket.