I’ve had a few events so far where the discussion/feedback part had 1-2 white guys doing longgggg monologues about something unrelated to the main topic. Last time had some stoner guy ranting about the confusing service at airports here (the event was about Gaza). Before that it was some boomer guy trying to explain Madonna to the non-white teens in our group (the event was about trans rights). Sometimes it’s just two white guys monologuing back and forth. It’s super counter productive and cringe.

I’m just thinking of a hard rule. Like “if you’re a white guy, you’re welcome, but please try to listen more and keep unrelated monologues to a minimum.”

For the record, I am a white dude.

  • Black_Mald_Futures [any]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    I think some people just like to talk

    And some people, cough cough me, sometimes ramble about things as a coping mechanism for feeling intensely socially awkward in a group

    They’re probably not maliciously attempting to exercise cracker privilege, but idk, i don’t know them, but either way it’s probably something that should be discussed with them