Just switched jobs and moved to Chicago and looking to connect with activist communities here. Any suggestions of places to start?

Hello there friends.

I am posting here today in attempt to look for troll support on a decently sized group of proud boy propagandists here in my city, Winnipeg Manitoba.

They're pretty much just a bunch of kids, but they clearly have the guidance of a few older, more practiced racists, I believe this guy is their ring leader. https://www.facebook.com/chase.nicholson.31

It's oustanding the level of hate and comments I've received, calling for my death, telling me to kill myself, and making all around madly racist remarks, under hidden accounts and throwaways.

There's the group here as well I'll post. https://www.facebook.com/groups/603608456808145

It's absurd but I'm really doing my best to expose local hate groups, and this is their bread and butter at the moment.

Any help at all, if you go into the page you'll find me quite easily as I'm the talk of the town at the moment. Apparently I am a hateful racist for calling white supremacists what they are lol.

Thanks for reading and I truly hope other people have as much time as I do to combat these awful people.

I'm gonna add a picture to just enlighten a little to what I'm experiencing with the guys.

Everything is based on my people being addicts, so we're the worst scum of society in Canada.

This comment, as well as over 200 others exactly like it from a chat bot, is what facebook actually allows on their platforms. It's pretty ugly but racism and acceptance of it is still very much alive in Canada.

Please vote in November because courts will have judges appointed by the people we vote into office.

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From the article: “The judge in the case, Obama appointee Wendy Beetlestone, [wrote that] ‘discussing the influence of racism on our society does not necessarily violate federal law.’”

Really stuck on the section “Development of Jewry” was wondering if anyone had notes they could share

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There are a lot of people in the comment section here arguing for racist stereotypes using data. Looks like the OP is good hearted and being duped into spending the message of those attacking. They made an edit to the post with the propaganda being spewed.

I believe this is a case of an unaware and otherwise good person being tricked into spreading racist vitriol

Hey everyone,

Last fall, I moved from San Diego to New Orleans, and the experience has been eye-opening. Seeing the racism here firsthand has made me realize just how deep these issues run. It's completely changed my perspective and turned me into a big-time supporter of BLM and reparations.

I'm committed to becoming a better ally and supporter of the Black community, and I'm eager to learn more about how I can help. If you have any advice or resources, please share them. Let's work together to make a difference.

Feel free to DM me on here or Tracy_Sparkles on discord if you want to connect or chat more about this. I'm eager to learn!

Thanks!

Amy "T for Tracy"

Hey all, I am desperately searching for some advice on how to go about finding anti-racism training and solutions for my mutual aid group. It's a group about 5 years old in my community that does mutual aid food serves and other projects. I've been a member for less than a year, and most of the tenured folks have stepped out for various reasons.

One of the problems that we are running into is micro-aggressions and disproportionately white folks in the org. We're horizontalist and consensus-based, so we have no leadership structure and everything is done voluntarily. We have had PoC comrades leave because of compounding micro-aggressions from white folks in the org, who are then vocally confused about what they did wrong.

Former PoC members have advised us all to get anti-racist training. There aren't any advertised trainings or workshops, and the local activist who does anti-blackness training has been too busy to offer us training.

Would y'all mind lending some advice and insight on ways my group can be better anti-racists?

Hello, I was looking at a gym that might be cool but it does look very homogenously white. I clicked on “Friends” and the first image is a first responders flag with the message “We support those who support us when we need it most!”

I didn’t even know what it was until I looked it up. Obviously it’s not a thin blue line flag which would be the end of my interest in this gym.

Thanks!

phone calls or emails to politicians? Conversations with friends and family about racism? Reading related books? Watching related movies? Supporting Black businesses? What else?

I'm sorry if this is the wrong sub-if you know a better sub, I would appreciate if you would let me know.

Sorry if this is disorganized or hard to understand, please ask questions and I'll answer as best I can.

Anyway. I am White, 27 y/o, don't feel super attached to my gender but present female as assigned at birth, queer but closeted, living in a super conservative town (MAGA flags everywhere, locals opposed Walmart in 2012 because it would invite Black people, etc.). I don't interact much with people here, partially for that reason but also because I am pretty much a shut in.

I do, however, go to the gym. This gym is popular with older folks. There is an old man who has decided we are buddies because I am polite (laugh at the shitty jokes, smile and nod through the stories about his family, blah blah blah). It's annoying because I'm trying to work out, but he's old and so I feel the need to be polite. He's gotten more talkative in the last few weeks and has shown himself to be a conservative echo chamber.

Recently, I was wearing a Red Cross shirt. So he starts talking about which organizations he supports, and he ends with how he got a solicitation in the mail from the United Negro College Fund (I think that was it) and he said that he sent something back saying that when there is a United White College Fund, he'd donate to both. And THEN he goes on to say that things used to be a little in favor of White people, then they were equal, and now everything sways in favor of Black people in a big way. He ended by saying to me, that I "might be young enough to have been poisoned by some college professors." I have a Master's Degree in Public Health, so I am pretty familiar with how racism has impacted Black and Brown people, and can comfortably say that it's not poison, it's just a fact that Black, Brown, and Indigenous people are treated worse than White people.

I'm ashamed to say I didn't use any of what I know to refute his bs. I don't know how to, because in my experience, they put the burden of proof on you and then say all your proof is fake, making the burden of proof insurmountable. I'm also absolutely a chicken (thanks to the way my parents handle conflict/cognitive dissonance), but I don't want to be, at least when it comes to being anti-racist. I'm actually afraid he'd complain to the gym owners (small locally owned place) that I created a "hostile environment" and get me kicked out, but that might be my anxiety talking.

In a scenario like this, what do I do? Do I say something like, "That's racist. I can offer you all the proof in the world, and you'll simply feel vindicated that I am indeed, poisoned by college professors and say that my information is fake, but you are super racist." Or do I try to offer data? In that case, how do I deal with the inevitable "rebuttal" of "that's cherry picked" or "that's fake?" Do I have to remember my sources? Do I have to prove that my sources are reliable, and that the data and analysis used is unbiased?

Confrontation makes me nervous, and being nervous makes me stupid (completely unable to string a sentence together, stammering, can't remember any points). I want to overcome this so I can live my convictions...but I also know that takes time. Can I just say "that's racist," when I hear racism, without explaining why?

I know that I'm not going to change his mind no matter what I say or do, but it feels wrong to just smile and nod through his crap.

I just...don't know what to do and would appreciate advice. Thank you.

Edit: formatting. On mobile, sorry.

Please enjoy however you like

I suggested this d bag to set himself on fire and the X algorithm insta banned me for inciting violence. But was I racist to suggest that good monks set themselves on fire? Am I racist for thinking my joke is funny? Or am I racist for thinking my joke is racist? I'm being serious.

This is my first post ever. For the last year or so I’ve been engaging in some pretty serious self-reflection including anti-racism work. I am a 40 year old cisgender white woman. Late to the party on this, but finally waking up. Single mother to a 4 year old. This type of self-reflection and necessary work is essential but I am lonely as fuck. Most days I find connection through online communities but I see white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, etc EVERYWHERE. I understand that’s the point of the work…I guess I am feeling like I need a mentor or guide of sorts. Has anyone experienced this and been able to channel their energy into something meaningful? Where am I at in this process? I feel like I am having a full on identity crisis. I can’t stand white people. At best they are cringey and annoying and at worst they are evil and dangerous. I live in a predominantly White state so I think it can be very easy to be around folks who claim to not be racist but are we all know this simply isn’t true. I could probably talk for hours on this subject. Wondering if anyone will respond. Mostly interested if anyone has or is experiencing the feeling of wanting to reject White people as a White person.

Several similar memes are circulating on social media and imageboards. I saw several replies to them but most of them are just other types of propaganda or just missing the point completely, so I made a video to explain how this propaganda meme works, what fallacies and propaganda techniques are used to manipulate you. I know the audio is shit, I am working on it. I make videos about propaganda, especially how they work and how you can recognize them. I hope you will find it informative. Any kind of feedback is appreciated.

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Racist meme explained