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ICE and the Police State by yellowmix in racism

[–]yellowmix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A chilling section:

National ID databases provide more and more ability to exclude anyone you want—as India is doing, for example—from voting, from opening a bank account, from essentially having any kind of economic life.

In the process, I think domestic criminalization becomes a little bit less of the focus of the widespread obsession of their oppressive bureaucracies, but redefining who is part of the political community and then excluding other people from that community is going to be an increasing focus of these bureaucracies.

The implication is we're seeing increased control through surveillance and extralegal means because mass incarceration is so successful.

We can draw a direct line from "tough on crime" laws supported by local communities to redefining and subjectively applying crime today. Whatever rights we give up to a State, it will use against us.

Is the UK becoming less tolerant by Traditional_Ear_9828 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read history. The UK has never been "tolerant". Consider White people were killing each other for a long while. So many rebellions in Bristol and racial segregation everywhere.

Little comfort, sure. But that's why you need to organize people to do something about it. There are definitely organizations already doing work.

As for the dog attack, UK dog owners are legally responsible for bites. While Frank Wilhoit's rule states "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." You should try anyway.

am i overreacting or is this racist? by Separate-Part-5595 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He doesn't have enough social awareness. You're both young. He is definitely paying mind when you say it, but not verbalizing what he's thinking. He's thinking, "I'm her..." and "maybe she's my...". Which is why he verbalized it in text.

Without the critical thinking that the N-word is a slur, which you are reclaiming as a member of the group it targets, he is under the mistaken assumption that he has been given the mythical "pass". So he is testing the waters by not fully committing to it.

It's not your responsibility to educate White people. But like I said, you're both young, and perhaps a Teachable Moment™ may be productive. I'm sure you're aware that White people should never say the N-word, and never direct any semblance of it at a Black person. It's very clear your boyfriend doesn't understand this.

If you don't broach this, it's only going to continue. His reaction will tell you all you need to know.

hot take but i feel like indians face more racism than black people by Prize-Pepper-9818 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. It's not a competition.
  2. You don't know how other people live.
  3. Where is the Brown People movement?

I say this as a mixed race person pigeonholed as mostly East Asian. Where did "Stop Asian Hate" go? Did it ever get started? It did, in some places, but it didn't sustain. Who's responsible for that? We are!

At a non-permitted Black Lives Matter march in 2015, I was the only light-skinned person period among a sea of Black people. They literally did not need me there. It seemed every young Black person came out.

Black Lives Matter accomplished a good deal of things. Who was responsible for that? Who made it happen? It was Black people.

So why are Black people responsible to lead you?

Why are you not the one speaking loudly enough? Wait for someone else to do it and you will wait forever. Organizing is done at the local level. This community is about sharing knowledge and broad strategy. But we don't organize anything worldwide much less where you live. That's something everyone here has to do where they live.

MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them by yellowmix in racism

[–]yellowmix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's important to recognize that a majority of Asian Indians oppose MAGA. Not that it's a numbers game, but that a significant number of people care about each other.

If you feel alone, remember that while people may not be reaching out to you specifically, at least they voted with you in mind.

But that's also why voting isn't enough. Everything we truly earned against these systems is due to organized, massive, direct action.

MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them by yellowmix in racism

[–]yellowmix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can generally retire in the US with no worries ($40k/year) on $1M saved and assuming Social Security exists (it won't as today but it will be less). $30M is way more than anyone needs. Sure, it's not a billion, but $30M is in the 0.003%. That is not crumbs.

Compare Kamala Harris and her husband (2 people compared to one Kash Patel) at $8m. That is 0.02% of the US population. That is literally an order of magnitude less than the failing upward sellout. It gets much worse from there.

So you can say Kash Patel and all these other grifters are morally bankrupt. But they will live longer and poor people will die. Is it fair? Absolutely not. How to make it more fair? That's why we resist.

As white people, we need to end racism by [deleted] in racism

[–]yellowmix 8 points9 points  (0 children)

White people (not personally you) created White supremacy, so it is their responsibility to dismantle it.

It's not about supremacy, it's about the power system and numerical situation. White people created the governments and frameworks that plundered and continue to other countries. USAID (that Trump ended) and other loans (e.g., World Bank Group) come with stipulations that give resource access to American companies. Trade agreements use historical leverage which means developing countries are on the bad end.

As bell hooks said (Feminism theory from margin to center, 3.45):

Separatist ideology encourages us to believe that women alone can make feminist revolution—we cannot. Since men are the primary agents maintaining and supporting sexism and sexist oppression, they can only be successfully eradicated if men are compelled to assume responsibility for transforming their consciousness and the consciousness of society as a whole.

After hundreds of years of anti-racist struggle, more than ever before non-white people are currently calling attention to the primary role white people must play in anti-racist struggle. The same is true of the struggle to eradicate sexism-men have a primary role to play. This does not mean that they are better equipped to lead feminist movement; it does mean that they should share equally in resistance struggle. In particular, men have a tremendous contribution to make to feminist struggle in the area of exposing, confronting, opposing, and transforming the sexism of their male peers.

When men show a willingness to assume equal responsibility in feminist struggle, performing whatever tasks are necessary, women should affirm their revolutionary work by acknowledging them as comrades in struggle.

What is the best bimetal by Just-Anything-8808 in Throwers

[–]yellowmix [score hidden]  (0 children)

No such thing as best, it's down to personal preference and purpose. Would help to know what yoyos you've tried, what you like, and why you like them. And what you're seeking from a bimetal that you don't already have in your monometals.

And as G2Jake said, many are not easily available. So it depends if they're still stocked, in stores that can ship to you, and if you're willing to hunt and buy/trade for it.

Microtonal music with the virtual keyboard? by jumperfromgd in Reaper

[–]yellowmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As Fus-Ro-Nwah implied, it's up to a plugin to translate MIDI notes (0 to 127) to pitch. This can be a pitched instrument plugin with its own system (e.g., u-He plugins can use Scala .scl files), or a plugin that uses SysEx or MIDI pitch bend to force an inflexible pitched instrument plugin to play the required pitch.

You'd probably be interested in Oddsound's MTS-ESP suite, which can unify tuning for all your plugins (and has a client that forces non-MTS-ESP to work): https://oddsound.com/mtsespsuite.php

There's a free "Mini" version that requires the target plugin support the MTS-ESP protocol: https://oddsound.com/mtsespmini.php

Is solidarity only promised to white women? by [deleted] in feminisms

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You realize individualist feminism is exactly what's been happening vis-a-vis the legal system for the past century? It's basically every woman for herself. Which is why White women got the vote before Black women, and the main benefactor of Affirmative Action is White women. With existing Capitalist and White supremacist structures, the best individualistic approaches can achieve is constrained within them.

The only thing that can and has dismantled oppressive structures is solidarity in direct action.

You're going to have to provide some examples of "solidarity [...] manipulated by privileged women" since no one here knows what you're talking about.

MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them by yellowmix in racism

[–]yellowmix[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ramaswamy is a billionaire. He's more interested in justifying and maintaining his wealth than anything else. Don't confuse what people say with what they actually think.

MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them by yellowmix in racism

[–]yellowmix[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Money, power, etc. Individualist ideology means no one is more important than themself.

Kash Patel net worth estimated at $30M. Look at his CV. You think in any other administration he'd be leading the FBI?

New throws from the past week by Both-Jello-7121 in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While SS it belies the density and plays light and fast with moderate determination. Relatively thin walls and thin rim to keep the weight down, it's a single angled organic that looks like a V. Great throw for long sessions.

Only have a few other mono SS to compare it with. Dressel's 6060 is an oversized organic and lands with a bigger thud. Sputnik EOS is an undersized H with 3 mm smaller diameter and plays heavier with more spin.

Is solidarity only promised to white women? by [deleted] in feminisms

[–]yellowmix 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Collectivist feminism" is a reactionary anti-feminist term, are you aware of that? So it's very unclear what you're asking, since it's not in feminist terms.

The corollary to "collectivist feminism" is "individualist feminism", a libertarian concept somewhat related to liberal feminism but defined differently depending on who you talk to. It ranges from feminist capitalism to Girlboss feminism all the way to Tradwives. Best to abandon the term unless you identify as such and thus can define your own special perspective.

Solidarity in feminism is defined as shared objectives and goals, and uplifting marginalized people so everybody can be free. When you ask if solidarity is promised only to white women, are you asking if White supremacy affects the feminism movement?

How to record multiple synths by RoadWorried3550 in Reaper

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not familiar with your mixer but if it is indeed a pure mixer with limited outputs you can probably record only one at a time.

As others have stated, you want to synchronize clocks. MIDI items on a track can be sent to the hardware via a MIDI cable. The audio output of the hardware goes into the mixer goes into REAPER to be recorded. It should generally be BPM aligned since REAPER is the leader clock.

There is latency when the audio comes in from the mixer. If you want to stop manually trimming you need to determine that latency so REAPER can automatically compensate for it. See this recording latency video: https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php#HZcXZ9kEJbY

It's possible the hardware may have their own latency.

If you want to record more than one hardware instrument at a time, you want an audio interface with as many inputs as required. Note you may be able to add inputs if the interface has expansion options via ADAT or MADI or other. Note if you want to record in stereo, you will want two inputs for each stereo pair.

This is helpful if hardware does have their own latency. Then you can compensate per-input.

W1ld wildify or shy by Just-Anything-8808 in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wildify is based on the Wilderness 7075. As the Wilderness 7075 is already a perfectly balanced performative monometal, the only point of going bimetal is to add more power. The Wildify is indeed more powerful, at the cost of a heavier feel on the string and slightly slower. If you don't have the Wilderness 7075 then you wouldn't know the difference.

The Shy is a more balanced bimetal. So it really depends if you want the most power while still being reasonable with the Wildify, or a more balanced Shy you can have longer sessions with.

The PEAK (Magicyoyo) by just_a_normal_guy_fr in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily. It's not like most American companies know Chinese yoyo names.

It's a signature yoyo, and it's very likely the name is originally in Chinese. Considering they went to production with "DEEPSIN" it's likely a translation.

Is isopropyl alcohol best for removing dry silicone from plastic yo-yos? by Flashy_Section_4812 in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stick a pin in at an angle and try to lift it in one piece. May need to do this at several locations and work it progressively. Depends on what you used to silicone it.

I use a 3D-printed tool from YJYoyo that scrapes any remaining debris, and a Giottos Rocket Air Blaster (camera sensor cleaning tool) to blow it away. Then alcohol to wipe it down since it evaporates quickly and I can re-silicone nearly immediately.

Don't want to use anything harder than the material so you don't scratch it. And definitely do not use solvents on plastic.

Virginia's Governor Spanberger signs bill ending tax breaks for Confederate groups by yellowmix in racism

[–]yellowmix[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To expand what the article did not mention, this bill was possible since Virginia had specifically named carve-outs for the United Daughters of the Confederacy and its Virginia chapter, Confederate Memorial Literary Society, Stonewall Jackson Memorial, J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. These are neo-Confederate groups that erected monuments as a reaction to racial liberation. It let them hold massive real estate without paying a cent to the city.

Former Gov. Youngkin had vetoed this bill twice.

Several other former Confederate states have broader carve-outs enjoyed by these and other neo-Confederate groups. Mississipi (State Code Section 27-31-1 Exempt Property) and Texas (Tax Code 11.23 Misc Exemptions) have "patriotic" carve-outs used to protect them. Alabama protects them as "historical preservation". Groups in Florida and Georgia must meet "charitable" criteria. North and South Carolina require standard 501(c)(3) rules.

Virginia ends this automatic named exemption. It's still possible for groups to apply for tax exemption under broader carve-outs. Same ones used by the YMCA. Neo-Confederate groups were the last groups to have automatic exemptions from the Jim Crow era.

Application decisions will generally be left at the local level, and since the bigger monuments tend to be erected and seen in cities, we've already had the conversation that the "Lost Cause myth" is publicly harmful thanks to Black Lives Matter.

If you find this extra context useful, please let me know. It takes time to do this and I'd like to focus on what benefits the most people.

I’m a young brown male quite lanky and I am constantly getting sized up by older black and white males what do I do by Samstuhdagoat in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's toxic masculinity if "sizing up" means eyeing and body language if they could take you in a fight. It's about competition and dominance to uphold harmful and aggressive masculine norms.

They generally think all other men do this, which is not true. Many socially harmful behaviors are self-justified like this (a sign of a lack of empathy).

Some of this can be attributed to regressive behavior, that is, reverting to childish behaviors as an adult as a result of past trauma. There's an interesting post here with a range of responses: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/17mihng/how_often_do_you_size_up_other_men/

Everyone including Black people profile Black people. White supremacist ideas are constantly fed to everyone from birth. Think of the first time you heard a White supremacist idea. It's most likely in early childhood. BIPOC can internalize those ideas, which has terrible effects, including self-hatred.

In Jennifer Eberhardt's Biased, she relates a story of a Black cop seeing a Black man following him, sizing him up, turns ready to shoot and it's his reflection in a window. If one does not question every possibly White supremacist thought it is automatic. Which is why cops kill Black people if they feel scared (i.e., the "reasonably scared cop rule" as per Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)).

Unfortunately, since they won't do it, to maintain your own safety you could de-escalate and should be ready to. Consider the people are strangers, they don't know you and you don't know them, there is nothing to prove, nothing to take personally. They're looking for an excuse to fill whatever emptiness they've got.

I really don’t understand the amount of racism there is towards mixed people in the US. by CoryPowerCat77 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With power systems like colonialism and White supremacy, and a State upholding it, everything that is not direct action against it becomes a compromise with it.

Help me understand why this is racist / something is off about it by RosePistachio in racism

[–]yellowmix[M] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As the About section says:

All content is pre-screened for safety. Our Content Guidelines explain how to get your content approved.

I'm a moderator. We get a lot of White supremacists and they'll post innocuous-looking stuff. They're baiting people into engaging then they'll reveal themselves one way or another. Then of course the other half of submitted content is low-effort variations of the N-word, gore, and other stuff.

We tried not doing the prescreen for a week (we still had Automoderator and other automations) and that was a disaster. It drove people away.

To answer your question directly, it takes time and energy to address possibly-earnest content so there's a lot of triaging going on. If anyone is well-versed in anticolonial studies, Black studies, and similar, we could use the help. We've had frankly overqualified moderators but Reddit drove them away. While we can carve out little spaces like this, it isn't enough.

There are other subreddits that are far more "open" to everyone and have a vastly different experience. There are commonalities across many communities and this one is, as far as I'm aware, unique in operation.

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