White Folks Guide to Protesting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think #4 is a commandment the way it’s being processed here. You are at this table as a guest, behave like one.

Thought white people are there as allies.

Exactly. So listen and support. No need to riff.

So not a “guest?”

It’s all the same behavior. No one is taking anything from you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I can't grok with 4 or 5.

5 just ideologically, because we should be a united people. (I am OK with staying silent and not leading, etc. but not with someone saying "go sit in that corner because of your race.")

4 is definitely a no go. What if someone asks me to do something dangerous? I don't think anyone should be asked to give up their autonomy. It's not anything I would ever ask of anyone else.

Also, it seems odd that this is framed as black and white. Where do asian and hispanic people fit in?

White people are really welcome or wanted by most. Lets be real. Let them have their cause ask we can show support but if there are different rules for different races, then that tells me we aren't welcome.

[Anonymous]

https://forge.medium.com/performative-allyship-is-deadly-c900645d9f1f

I liked this one. Especially:

Do something that no one will ever know

As Lil Wayne said, “Real Gs move in silence like lasagne.” This is never more true than in activism. Sometimes real activism requires us to step up and shout. But far more often, it requires us to carry out simple daily acts that no one will ever see. If, on reflection, everything you do is public, it’s likely you’re a performative ally. Challenge yourself to do things quietly, like changing the things you buy, giving your platform to a BIPOC, or educating yourself on the history of racism without telling everyone about how educated you now are. That way, you know you’re really down for the cause — and not the cause of looking like a woke person.

[Anonymous]

What about people of Asian descent? Do we follow the white people rules for protesting, or does it depend on what kind of Asian we are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://forge.medium.com/performative-allyship-is-deadly-c900645d9f1f

I liked this one. Especially:

Do something that no one will ever know

As Lil Wayne said, “Real Gs move in silence like lasagne.” This is never more true than in activism. Sometimes real activism requires us to step up and shout. But far more often, it requires us to carry out simple daily acts that no one will ever see. If, on reflection, everything you do is public, it’s likely you’re a performative ally. Challenge yourself to do things quietly, like changing the things you buy, giving your platform to a BIPOC, or educating yourself on the history of racism without telling everyone about how educated you now are. That way, you know you’re really down for the cause — and not the cause of looking like a woke person.

Why not both?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about people of Asian descent? Do we follow the white people rules for protesting, or does it depend on what kind of Asian we are?

Jungle asians get snacks but need to stay on the left side of the protest.

Fancy asians need to stay in the back with whites but they can talk to cops to remind them about the internment camps.

[Anonymous]

Hey man don't break our window cuz we're on your side! Break other people's windows!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think #4 is a commandment the way it’s being processed here. You are at this table as a guest, behave like one.

It doesnt sound like white "guests" are really welcome so I will stay home.

[Anonymous]

There are two kinds of leftists, the stupid ones, and the evil ones who take advantage of the stupid ones.

[Anonymous]

“Get in the back”

Hmm. Sounds familiar.

[Anonymous]

It's hard to keep up with the terminology in the protest community.

For a long time, it was Latino/Latina, but one day it was Latinx and you got the side eye if you didn't use the new term.

We were encouraged to refer to "persons of color" for a long time, but now it's BIPOC. When did that happen?

We would like to be allies, but apparently if you didn't get the right memo you will be a "performative" ally and that doesn't sound too good.

Apart from posting safely and anonymously on DCUM, I mostly just read and listen because the odds of saying or doing the wrong thing seem to be extremely high. If I do show up, I think I'll just hand out water bottles like a bystander at a marathon.

[Anonymous]

OP, this was circulated on Telegram originally

[Anonymous]

Gmafb.

With this especially:

FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. If a black person tells you to do something, you do it immediately without question. You respect the authority and the decisions of the black protesters at all times.

Whoever came up with this list of rules doesn’t know all of the black protesters, and neither do I. If Kanye West hands me a MAGA hat and tells me to wear it, I’m really supposed to “respect the authority” and do it immediately and without question? No thanks, hun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I can't grok with 4 or 5.

5 just ideologically, because we should be a united people. (I am OK with staying silent and not leading, etc. but not with someone saying "go sit in that corner because of your race.")

4 is definitely a no go. What if someone asks me to do something dangerous? I don't think anyone should be asked to give up their autonomy. It's not anything I would ever ask of anyone else.

Also, it seems odd that this is framed as black and white. Where do asian and hispanic people fit in?

You would think there were only 2 races in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to keep up with the terminology in the protest community.

For a long time, it was Latino/Latina, but one day it was Latinx and you got the side eye if you didn't use the new term.

We were encouraged to refer to "persons of color" for a long time, but now it's BIPOC. When did that happen?

We would like to be allies, but apparently if you didn't get the right memo you will be a "performative" ally and that doesn't sound too good.

Apart from posting safely and anonymously on DCUM, I mostly just read and listen because the odds of saying or doing the wrong thing seem to be extremely high. If I do show up, I think I'll just hand out water bottles like a bystander at a marathon.

I didn’t even know what BIPOC meant until I Googled it. I’m still lost. It’s a way to discern between African Americans and other black people? I also can’t keep up with all of the terms and I’m not that old so fairly “with it” usually.