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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not white nonsense. Yes I read the article. 
I don’t love all the rules not that’s why some of the groups changed names. I just gave away a swim team bag and picked up a plastic kids pool for the dog. 
It’s an awesome concept. [/quote]

It's a deeply flawed concept, largely because of the control structures built into it (ultimately for profit) by it's creators. Like literally everything else white people make, it was built on a very white foundation. Even the creators have (half-assedly) acknowledged this, so you don't need to cape for them: https://buynothingproject.org/tpost/judjdav7e1-racial-justice-amp-the-buy-nothing-proje

"Additional Public Statement from the Co-founders of the Buy Nothing Project:
7 June, 2020

In the beginning of the Buy Nothing Project, our white fragility and privilege so clouded our understanding and judgement that we asked people not to call other group members or items being offered racist. In fact, this white fragility and privilege is so deeply rooted in us that we didn’t even remember taking this stance until after releasing our statement above about racial justice in the Buy Nothing Project in June of 2020, almost seven years into this experiment, when a past participant took the time to remind us and call us out on our gaslighting and racism. We are grateful to her for her work to hold us accountable. She made it possible for us to see more clearly just how deeply entrenched racist norms are in us, even today, after daily personal work, education, and conversations about these issues over the past two years."

If you honestly thought two white ladies built a properly anti-racist structure from the jump, perhaps you'd also like to buy a bridge?[/quote]

This is one of the most absurd things I’ve ever read on DCUM, and that’s saying something.  [/quote]

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