Previous thread is over here.
I forgot to update this yesterday since I was at work.
As usual: no crackers allowed.
Here, you can:
vent
chat
gush
inquire
etc.
about, well, anything, ig.
Bonus discussion question:
What are your favorite books about BIPOC and EM people?
Could be about individuals, a few individuals, or a social history (or, well, everything having to do with EM_BIPOC peoples).
Mine is kind of a “basic opinion” but it’s:
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Read it right when it came out.
And I knew it was going to be a “classic” (or, at least, on many peoples’ “to-read” lists).
Of course, I’m an obscurist, sort-of. I recommend more obscure works, but this one really stood out to me back when it first came out. I had a professor that also recommended the book and had us all read it in class. I believe they were Apache.
On the topic of “obscure” works, I would recommend Henry Winston’s Strategy for a Black Agenda, which is my favorite work on such topics as Pan-Africanism and violence vs. non-violence (and whether and how to use both or when).
Anyway, take care!
I think I need to rage and vent in an extreme and I’m fighting everything I’ve been taught about being a calm and polite black person.
I’m activity trying to find a healthy outlet, but I’m also annoyed with the racism that shames people of color for having complex emotions. I think I’m going to try to shout and vent in my car, but I’ve got fear that someone will overhear and call the cops or whatever.
That sounds fucking terrifying, especially that last part.
But I getcha. I’m not Black, but during school, at least, I felt trapped and judged, you know?
My therapist was also racist to me (at least one of 'em that I had before I moved on to the next).
Thanks, I think you can totally relate to having your emotions policed by racists. It’s rough though then it’s a therapist. You’re paying them to be on your side and they couldn’t even manage that.
It sucks to struggle, but I hope we can find some peace with it soon.
Thank you, and yeah, it can be hard when the ones you need on your side… aren’t.
Well, I got a good therapist now (and one who is Autistic like me) so that helps. Honestly, that definitely helped me out a bunch. I think that was half the battle, even.
Go for a drive on the freeway and yell about whatever. I do that!
Most people don’t notice as you zoom by and, even if they do, you’re in the freeway and you zip by. It’s a good place to vent. Just don’t go too fast and keep your eyes on the road.