Seems perfectly reasonable to me as a white person. Yes, point two could be more nuanced, but otherwise aren't all these downvotes kind of illustrating the point the OP is making here?

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Probably the appeal to white guilt and call to action to specifically white people when the vast majority of people on the fediverse are not racist or “anti-black”

[–] symthetics@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe not the majority, but clearly it's common enough to warrant mentioning for the people affected by it.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think examples might serve people better in this regard. It can be hard to accept things as real that you've never experienced, and don't fit with your lifetime of experiences, purely on faith alone.

Edit: I realize this is the exact opposite of "just accept other people have different experiences", but it's hard to deny that this is something a lot of people have trouble with in a lot of aspects of life. Expecting people to just override the natural state of viewing the world through their own personal lens is always going to be a hard ask.

People asking for examples are not always trying to find ways to tear other experiences apart. Sometimes they might need examples to help them understand better.

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