I’ll go first:
When I say something at work that’s ignored until a white dude repeats it. Doesn’t happen all the time, but what the fuck.
My worst part of my day is having to monitor Chapo.chat. By far the worst website on the watchlist, and the other agents mock me for having to sort through a dozen posts of a pig pooping on their testicles.
honestly if they just paid me enough I really wouldn’t have any complaints
They’d have to triple my pay at least for that to happen though :angery:
At college I noticed how differently white people and poc behave in a classroom/discussion setting. With white people they (we) would always shoot their hand up as soon as they wanted to speak, and even if they were responding to another student they would respond towards the teacher. The important thing for them (us) was always making sure that they were heard and that their opinion was valued by the professor.
With poc, especially the black students, they were a lot more fluid in terms of when they would talk, and a lot more open to hearing other people’s opinions. It was more likely to be an actual discussion when a poc started it, as opposed to a cross examination of the professor/lecture. More different people would feel empowered to talk and contribute, and the class was always more pleasant as a result. It also always felt like many of the people who were considering my opinions and points the most, and who were the most likely to actually maybe change their views, were those same poc.
So I’m mostly just saying that as a white person, who has observed how much classrooms can benefit from poc voices, that your voice is valuable and appreciated and I hope you find a teacher or classmates that make you feel heard. Everyone benefits from your empowerment and you deserve so much more
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it’s killed my passion for my hobby lol also when I’m not feeling it it’s really hard to do work since it usually hinges on my ability to be creative.
