"The man bun was originally practical workwear for craft brewers and kimchi makers, but over the C21st it became first the fashion of young aristocrats, and later of the establishment, worn in the court of King Donald III and by Cannibal General f^o9:*&^%£c"^>6K(*^t Musk"
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"The man bun was originally practical workwear for craft brewers and kimchi makers, but over the C21st it became first the fashion of young aristocrats, and later of the establishment, worn in the court of King Donald III and by Cannibal General f^o9:*&^%£c"^>6K(*^t Musk"
And that's how we know that in 100 years there'll be a menswear guy on whatever post-apocalyptic communication tool they have, looking back at the golden age of low-waisted trousers and collar gaps as the high point of fashion
December 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
And that's how we know that in 100 years there'll be a menswear guy on whatever post-apocalyptic communication tool they have, looking back at the golden age of low-waisted trousers and collar gaps as the high point of fashion
No surprise Lynch'em Neeson's on the wrong side of everything again
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
No surprise Lynch'em Neeson's on the wrong side of everything again
[I'm assuming no-one will read this... if someone did - apologies, just using BS to process my thoughts, don't sue me sue my publisher, try harder]
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
[I'm assuming no-one will read this... if someone did - apologies, just using BS to process my thoughts, don't sue me sue my publisher, try harder]
I think colleague & most white people, mean well (but, again, fuck the intent), but they can't begin to get out of their own experience.
The sad thing is only takes 3 things:
- stop centering yourself
- listen
- curiously engage with your own preconceptions & dismantle the ones that lead to harm
The sad thing is only takes 3 things:
- stop centering yourself
- listen
- curiously engage with your own preconceptions & dismantle the ones that lead to harm
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I think colleague & most white people, mean well (but, again, fuck the intent), but they can't begin to get out of their own experience.
The sad thing is only takes 3 things:
- stop centering yourself
- listen
- curiously engage with your own preconceptions & dismantle the ones that lead to harm
The sad thing is only takes 3 things:
- stop centering yourself
- listen
- curiously engage with your own preconceptions & dismantle the ones that lead to harm
So every time they hear about racism, they feel they, and their race, are being blamed.
And as always, the white person's perspective is the only one being considered here.
And as always, the white person's perspective is the only one being considered here.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
So every time they hear about racism, they feel they, and their race, are being blamed.
And as always, the white person's perspective is the only one being considered here.
And as always, the white person's perspective is the only one being considered here.
This isn't like the cumulative harm of racism, mentioned earlier. These 2 things are not the same:
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly experiencing negative events due to being a non-white person
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly hearing about negative events experienced by non-white people
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly experiencing negative events due to being a non-white person
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly hearing about negative events experienced by non-white people
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This isn't like the cumulative harm of racism, mentioned earlier. These 2 things are not the same:
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly experiencing negative events due to being a non-white person
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly hearing about negative events experienced by non-white people
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly experiencing negative events due to being a non-white person
- the cumulative effect of repeatedly hearing about negative events experienced by non-white people
Point is, every time they hear about examples of racism, and especially if it's suggested that racism is the norm, or baked into systems, they feel like their identity is being criticised. They take it personally. They feel attacked.
& the more it gets discussed, the more it feels like harassment.
& the more it gets discussed, the more it feels like harassment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Point is, every time they hear about examples of racism, and especially if it's suggested that racism is the norm, or baked into systems, they feel like their identity is being criticised. They take it personally. They feel attacked.
& the more it gets discussed, the more it feels like harassment.
& the more it gets discussed, the more it feels like harassment.
[This in not a thread about colonialism, empire, world domination, 'white mans burden', 'manifest destiny', 'white supremacy' so I won't develop that theme]
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
[This in not a thread about colonialism, empire, world domination, 'white mans burden', 'manifest destiny', 'white supremacy' so I won't develop that theme]
Colleague said something about being sick of constantly being blamed for the problems of non-white people.
What about all the good things Britain has done? What about ending slavery? What about defeating the Nazis? What about aid, and bringing modernisation to nations...
What about all the good things Britain has done? What about ending slavery? What about defeating the Nazis? What about aid, and bringing modernisation to nations...
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Colleague said something about being sick of constantly being blamed for the problems of non-white people.
What about all the good things Britain has done? What about ending slavery? What about defeating the Nazis? What about aid, and bringing modernisation to nations...
What about all the good things Britain has done? What about ending slavery? What about defeating the Nazis? What about aid, and bringing modernisation to nations...
3. The fallacy of blame
This is so closely linked to intent, but coming from the opposite direction.
Intent is before the fact, blame is after the fact. But what they have in common is that they both centre the supposed perpetrator of racism.
This is so closely linked to intent, but coming from the opposite direction.
Intent is before the fact, blame is after the fact. But what they have in common is that they both centre the supposed perpetrator of racism.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
3. The fallacy of blame
This is so closely linked to intent, but coming from the opposite direction.
Intent is before the fact, blame is after the fact. But what they have in common is that they both centre the supposed perpetrator of racism.
This is so closely linked to intent, but coming from the opposite direction.
Intent is before the fact, blame is after the fact. But what they have in common is that they both centre the supposed perpetrator of racism.
Fuck the intent.
Stop. The. Harm.
Stop. The. Harm.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Fuck the intent.
Stop. The. Harm.
Stop. The. Harm.
Focusing on the 'intent' is just about centring the experience of the white people.
We shouldn't blame them, don't upset them, it's unfair to accuse them of racism...
And all the time, waffling on about 'intent' avoids addressing the racism inherent in maternity care, which results in more deaths
We shouldn't blame them, don't upset them, it's unfair to accuse them of racism...
And all the time, waffling on about 'intent' avoids addressing the racism inherent in maternity care, which results in more deaths
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Focusing on the 'intent' is just about centring the experience of the white people.
We shouldn't blame them, don't upset them, it's unfair to accuse them of racism...
And all the time, waffling on about 'intent' avoids addressing the racism inherent in maternity care, which results in more deaths
We shouldn't blame them, don't upset them, it's unfair to accuse them of racism...
And all the time, waffling on about 'intent' avoids addressing the racism inherent in maternity care, which results in more deaths
To be absolutely clear - the maternity care received by women of colour, black women in particular, kills some of them.
No-one's claiming it's *intentional*.
But to hell with the intentions. That is not the important thing. Deal with the fact people are dying because of their race.
No-one's claiming it's *intentional*.
But to hell with the intentions. That is not the important thing. Deal with the fact people are dying because of their race.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
To be absolutely clear - the maternity care received by women of colour, black women in particular, kills some of them.
No-one's claiming it's *intentional*.
But to hell with the intentions. That is not the important thing. Deal with the fact people are dying because of their race.
No-one's claiming it's *intentional*.
But to hell with the intentions. That is not the important thing. Deal with the fact people are dying because of their race.
Black women are >4 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK.
Experts say unequivocally that this is not all down to factors outside of the care they get (like other medical conditions or socio-economic factors).
Experts say unequivocally that this is not all down to factors outside of the care they get (like other medical conditions or socio-economic factors).
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Black women are >4 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK.
Experts say unequivocally that this is not all down to factors outside of the care they get (like other medical conditions or socio-economic factors).
Experts say unequivocally that this is not all down to factors outside of the care they get (like other medical conditions or socio-economic factors).
Assumptions about BMI, diabetes even lactose tolerance are based on white populations and not applicable to black people. This leads to all sorts of poorer health outcomes.
But it's not just the things that have happened by accident.
But it's not just the things that have happened by accident.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Assumptions about BMI, diabetes even lactose tolerance are based on white populations and not applicable to black people. This leads to all sorts of poorer health outcomes.
But it's not just the things that have happened by accident.
But it's not just the things that have happened by accident.
All pretty minor complaints & none of them came from intentional exclusion, but they're little pieces of friction that people experience because of their colour.
But there are far more serious examples. There's a lot of research showing how assumptions about medical norms cause harm to black people
But there are far more serious examples. There's a lot of research showing how assumptions about medical norms cause harm to black people
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
All pretty minor complaints & none of them came from intentional exclusion, but they're little pieces of friction that people experience because of their colour.
But there are far more serious examples. There's a lot of research showing how assumptions about medical norms cause harm to black people
But there are far more serious examples. There's a lot of research showing how assumptions about medical norms cause harm to black people
It's only in the last few years that ballet shoes have been available in darker skin colours - until then non-white ballerinas had to wear caucasian coloured shoes, which can look less elegant.
It used to be really hard to find a swimming hat that could accommodate afro hair.
It used to be really hard to find a swimming hat that could accommodate afro hair.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's only in the last few years that ballet shoes have been available in darker skin colours - until then non-white ballerinas had to wear caucasian coloured shoes, which can look less elegant.
It used to be really hard to find a swimming hat that could accommodate afro hair.
It used to be really hard to find a swimming hat that could accommodate afro hair.
There are countless examples of things that are set up to a default that disadvantages non-white people.
There was that vid a few years ago of an auto hand-dryer that didn't work for a black man, because the sensor was set to be triggered by lighter skin.
There was that vid a few years ago of an auto hand-dryer that didn't work for a black man, because the sensor was set to be triggered by lighter skin.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There are countless examples of things that are set up to a default that disadvantages non-white people.
There was that vid a few years ago of an auto hand-dryer that didn't work for a black man, because the sensor was set to be triggered by lighter skin.
There was that vid a few years ago of an auto hand-dryer that didn't work for a black man, because the sensor was set to be triggered by lighter skin.
2. The fallacy of intent
When colleague hears 'racism' they are hearing that a white person did a bad thing.
This is a misunderstanding, and in fact it's racist in itself.
When colleague hears 'racism' they are hearing that a white person did a bad thing.
This is a misunderstanding, and in fact it's racist in itself.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
2. The fallacy of intent
When colleague hears 'racism' they are hearing that a white person did a bad thing.
This is a misunderstanding, and in fact it's racist in itself.
When colleague hears 'racism' they are hearing that a white person did a bad thing.
This is a misunderstanding, and in fact it's racist in itself.
Defining racism as just individual, standalone instances of simple prejudice that can work both ways is ignorant, or wilfully ignorant, or outright malicious.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Defining racism as just individual, standalone instances of simple prejudice that can work both ways is ignorant, or wilfully ignorant, or outright malicious.
That commentator's views just don't meet the criteria
- they don't come from a place of power
- they don't do harm
- they don't form part of a cumulative, systemic harmful effect
- they don't come from a place of power
- they don't do harm
- they don't form part of a cumulative, systemic harmful effect
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
That commentator's views just don't meet the criteria
- they don't come from a place of power
- they don't do harm
- they don't form part of a cumulative, systemic harmful effect
- they don't come from a place of power
- they don't do harm
- they don't form part of a cumulative, systemic harmful effect
And her views are notable because they're rarely heard, they're a dissenting voice, they're not mainstream. So even if the other two conditions were met, there is no persistent, cumulative effect.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
And her views are notable because they're rarely heard, they're a dissenting voice, they're not mainstream. So even if the other two conditions were met, there is no persistent, cumulative effect.