Look - I've only been on Mastodon/Fediverse since 2022. I'm a non-techy person who has been perpetually online since early 90s. There's never been a fully safe space for an outspoken, disabled POC person like me - in any online community. Even going back to Usenet days - I was a minority. Every single SM I've been on has been majority white folks. Same with the Fedi. We need more diversity everywhere - online & offline.

I'm not leaving this platform due to being a minority. I'm staying & will fight for my presence & for fellow marginalized POC presences. I have always had to fight, almost my entire life - for space & to be included as a visibly disabled POC woman who is loud as heck with issues close to my heart & soul.

I can't remember when I didn't have to fight for that. My experiences here now are vastly different than in 2022. I still get some racist jerks who do their cowardly racist shit. I'm not letting those racist fuckers run me off here. FUCK THEM. I'm staying & they can go fuck off.

#POCVoices #PeopleWithDisabilities #MarginalizedVoices #WomenOfTheResistance #POCWomen #FuckRacism #NotLeaving

Y'all are fucking stuck with me. Best learn to embrace & enjoy that fact. I'll be constantly encouraging folks to do better in regards to decolonizing their own minds. I'm committed to fighting for BIPOC spaces & will keep pushing my way forward to make it happen. I appreciate comrades & fellow POC folks - in the same progressive change boats, paddling hard.

@PhoenixSerenity it seems to be that it's easier to be LGBTQ+ on Mastodon than to be BIPOC on Mastodon.

It's easier to be a furry!

Now, I think LGBTQ+ folx SHOULD have easy spaces. So should furries! But there's no excuse some of the things I've seen here against BIPOC folx. And that's as a white woman. Even as a moderator on my instance, I don't see 1/4 of what BIPOC folx do. White folx need to be way more aggressive calling out racist shit. ESPECIALLY when it's uncomfortable or risky.