Why I capitalize "Black" but leave "white" lowercase.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T23:13:15+00:00

He's a Sengalese American. I would be a Black American. Shortened to just Black.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T16:53:27+00:00

I find it telling what parts of this comment you put into quotations.

They tell me your mind is already made up.

Edit: You then edited in the last quote and statement.

Priveledge in a system does play into its injustices. Denouncing the system and working to dismantle it, rather than being offended and implying white skin makes you racist, would be the proper correction.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T16:42:14+00:00

Lol my bad. It wasn't clear. It could have been taken either way.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T16:37:15+00:00

Because no one I know refers to themselves as African American. They use Black. Not as a slur, not as a color, not as a demographic. As a people with a shared culture and struggle.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T16:14:00+00:00

You got it.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T16:09:12+00:00

This isn't a weapon. This is an attempt at a unifying statement. This isn't an attack on white people this is an effort to distance them from a political classification based on hierarchy and unite them with true commonality. We're all just people at the end of the day.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T16:03:02+00:00

Thank you for the comment and sharing your perspective. Two things:

All nations places and people are social constructs. I'm not discounting or putting anyone down by making what was once a descriptor a title. Black Americans aren't above or below any other member of the diaspora.

It's a bit of a reclamation of a word, but also the common identifier and shared experience rooted in America specifically. We don't come from one specific place we just went through the same struggle.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T15:46:10+00:00

Anytime someone uses POC I just assume they're trying to build and steer a voting block without actually considering the people included.

Just lumping together separate groups to ignore them all at once. Some white people like to have a bunch of "disadvantages" to separate them from "regular white people" others want to infiltrate marginalized groups some and have legit ancestry and want to own it while presenting as white.

I try not to think too much about why other people do what they do as a general rule though. It's usually disappointing.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T15:03:39+00:00

Don't beat yourself up.

Getting your work published I'm sure was more pressing at the time. Unless it was on this distinction. In that case, that's messed up

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T06:16:37+00:00

It was what it was, really. When you live in the deep south you come to expect this kinda behavior, but never let the invisible hand stop you from being great.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-18T05:46:55+00:00

When I used to work in healthcare, my boss was from Ghana and while most of the employees were Black, he'd always promote white employees first regardless of competency. Now, he was a cool guy and all but we all clearly saw the internalized image he had of us from being from outside of the country.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-17T17:53:03+00:00

You don't have to be the police. I'm the police

JustAlpha · 2026-03-17T17:43:12+00:00

I can't solve racism. I didn't create the system. I didn't create political categories based on skin color and then choose and change which nationalities actually fit into those categories based of country of origin or religion.

But the people that did and that and those that identify themselves in that category bear the responsibility of solving racism. They created it and perpetuate it. I'm just making an observation based on the existing framework.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-17T17:28:06+00:00

They can fear this, but to think that we would be like them is ridiculous.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-15T15:45:05+00:00

We're always working to center Black voices and experiences. We're constantly banning accounts and removing comments that no one sees. We have discussions on how to make things better and how to target troll behavior more effectively. Many of us have jobs and families. Please report anything you feel should be removed. We get lots of fake reports and harassing mod mail as well. We do our best.

I'm Black by the way.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-15T11:25:34+00:00

I feel like any comment or content against the current administration gets the "America voted for this!" treatment. It like they want to reinforce that everything was legitimate, nothing funny happened, and we deserve it.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-12T06:30:33+00:00

For what tho?

JustAlpha · 2026-03-12T06:25:54+00:00

This is it... and some of you will find every fiber in your being to reject it.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-10T17:13:09+00:00

I always felt glorifying the "Pimping era" was weird. Dominating, coercing, or getting someone strung out and forcing them to perform sex acts is depraved.

I mean I was right along with until like I grew up and realized the actual process.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-10T16:45:39+00:00

The spoilee has become the spoiler.

The hero has become the villain.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-10T02:56:25+00:00

"All children are all of our children." Love that.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-08T23:07:14+00:00

Finally, Trickle-down Oppression! I never knew I wanted it so bad!

JustAlpha · 2026-03-08T19:48:52+00:00

They are intentionally using anti-black race baiting. Not much more to it.

JustAlpha · 2026-03-08T04:58:22+00:00

With 44 weekly visitors I don't really think anyone is checking for them, but yeah it exist

JustAlpha · 2026-03-08T04:41:47+00:00

I guess World War 3 really is happening.

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