The kids these days are very creative to see them using there rights 💪🏾 makes me smile every time.......

At first I had to wait til my account was 40something days old for my posts to even have visibility here. Now I have to pass an invisible karma ceiling for my posts to be visible in any thread with mildly productive discussion. And then being waterboarded with some fuck ass message about how it’s ‘necessary’ to be this way. And then you try to message a mod with an extremely mild question AND GET BARRED FROM MESSAGING THE MODS AGAIN FOR A MONTH?!?!

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO MEET THIS CRITERIA WHEN PRO BLACK TALKING POINTS ARE CONSTANTLY MASS DOWNVOTED BY BAD FAITH VISITORS? (Who can still vote in these ‘discussion’ posts btw)

What, am I supposed to ‘yass queen’ and ‘username checks out’ my way into the Black excellence club? At that point, what am I fighting to participate in? I mean fuck, even being frustrated with this level of gatekeeping is probably violating some term and condition and this post will be deleted. 🙄

I understand not having a perfect solution for elevating Black voices here, but I have a feeling many of us are getting swept up in the filters.. which WILL lead to us just saying fuck it and leaving. I’m trying so hard to be a part of space for other Black people but y’all are making it a nightmare.

I used to be adamant that their perspective on white was racist (probably because I was a self-hating black), even after they'd tell me about their negative experiences with said group (molesting, loss of opportunity, bad mouthing; general racism), but now I agree with them.

Seemingly, every single white 'friend' of mine has said something at my expense. Without consideration as to how I feel, they'd make these jokes constantly. More so, now, I've paid it mind when I otherwise wouldn't have noticed.

I've spoken with a few of them regarding the n-word (hard r) and they would admit to using it for "shock value," or without meaning direct offense to black people, or "its just a joke," or hit me with the: "it's just a word." And yet they know otherwise, for they've they've apologized for using other words when refering to me or others out of name. The same excuse is commonly given to me.

Well, recently, a 'friend' of mine referenced the hard r as a joke pertaining to the country of Nigeria ("Niggeria"). And when they were informed of my exposure to said joke, they proceeded to text me about it with usual excuses ^ ("just a joke"). That joke, and conversations with other black people at my job, has me mentally fucked up right now. Such that, my internal dialog when I see a white person is REALLY bad. I'm starting to think I just hate white people because of a few bad personal encounters. I don't think it's right.

What make it worse, is that the 'friend' from my most recent n-word experience is trans. And I liked her (she knows as much). So I'm now personalizing what others have been telling me for a while now: "NO ONE cares for us as much as we do." No white people, even if they are queer like me, care. I see what my progenitors meant.

Discomfort is not oppression.

If reading about real experiences with racism, discrimination, or cultural identity feels threatening, that may be an opportunity to practice the same tolerance and openness that people often demand from Black voices.

This community will not dilute its truth to make anyone comfortable. Respectful engagement is welcome. Attempts to police how Black people talk about their own experiences are not.

BlackPeopleofReddit exists as a safe space for Black people to be proudly Black in the heart of Reddit. The racists HATE us. Trust me when I say this. Hate is an understatement. But getting back to my point, where are the White organizations showing up for us whenever we are victimized? Where are these so called allies? My opinion is allies are so rare that they practically don’t exist. White people can buy books and support our Black authors. Not come here with disingenuous claims “I’m here to learn”.

This sub is public. We refuse to be bullied into going private. We have a strong mod team and racists hate that we are here. Part of the reason we are public is that it allows So called allies to do exactly what they claim they want to do…listen and learn.

Anyone coming here claiming to be anti-black by stating they hate someone else will be perma banned. You are not our ally simply because you state some performative bs about white people. It’s not the flex you think it is. This ends now!

My wife and I (non-Black) attended a local Juneteenth celebration last week. We danced, ate some great food, and bought a few things from the vendors. We had a great time and the vibes were excellent. We even got invited to a few other events happening later this year.

However, after posting about it my wife started getting some hate online. They were saying that Juneteenth is a Black only holiday and that we were being performative allies. The argument was that it was a safe place for Black people to celebrate their Black identity.

Irl the vibes were great and we made friends but online it was not received well so maybe this is just a case of the internet not being real life.

We want to support the community and have respect for Black spaces so my question is this. Is non-Black participation in things like Juneteenth welcome?

Edit: thank you for all the kind words! I appreciate the positivity and look forward to attending more community events in the future :)

Black life is bigger than racism, and this community reflects that.

Effective immediately, we will be far more selective about racist incident posts. Random "Karen" videos, isolated racist encounters, rage bait, and shock-value content are no longer the type of content this community exists to amplify and may be removed at moderator discretion.

Posts about racism should be timely, broadly significant, or capable of generating meaningful discussion beyond simply reacting to someone's hateful behavior.

This community exists to elevate Black voices, not to serve as a highlight reel for every racist person with a smartphone.