Wow, it actually says “whites only”. This isn’t some case of someone waking up angry and tweeting about christian mingle or someshit, its actually just racist.
Yes, racially exclusive associations are gross. Same with events that exclude attendance based on sex/gender. We are all people.
Same with events that exclude attendance based on sex/gender.
There’s a time and a place.
For example, a “women’s only” group may be for a group of women who are healing from a sexually violent relationship, so they really don’t want to see men there.
But a parent and child group that excludes races? That just a gross kind of bigotry.
I get what you’re saying, but bear in mind that women can be both in relationships with other women and those can also be violent.
Of course, there is nuance, but I was giving an example based on what I know exists and why.
they really don’t want to see men there.
That’s just sexism though
For example, a “women’s only” group may be for a group of women who are healing from a sexually violent relationship, so they really don’t want to see men there.
“Maybe that whites-only parenting group could be healing from some trauma caused by POC and they don’t really want to see POC there.”
Do you see the problem? A POC causing you trauma is not a good reason to reject POC people in general, and a man causing you trauma isn’t a good reason to reject men in general either.
A group dedicated to victims of domestic violence could easily encompass both men and women who have suffered from it, whether the perpetrators were men or women. Cis & trans, it bears saying.
A person who has a blanket phobia of people of a particular gender or ethnicity needs therapy to address their sexism/racism. “I don’t feel safe around men” has the exact same energy as “I don’t feel safe around black people”.
“I don’t feel safe around men” has the exact same energy as “I don’t feel safe around black people”.
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Is that the best argument you can put forth against what I’m saying? I can give you some more ammunition: I’m queer, disabled, atheist, an immigrant and vote green. Or perhaps those are collectives that you don’t feel comfortable discriminating openly.
That was not an argument, don’t know why you’d think it is one.
I just found it amusing
The women’s only group isn’t necessary
All SA victims are valid regardless of gender
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Worth noting investigation by some users here on Lemmy have shown the situation to be really hinky. Probably just a troll race-baiting since no actual group has been found.
Good point … so many social activities and actions now are so manipulated that you never know what anyone is doing.
Whatever information I read now … I have to constantly stop to ask myself… who wrote this? … why? … who does the writer represent? Who are they? What do they do? Where do they come from? What are their names and do they have a bio?
If I can’t quickly verify who you are and what you wrote then I’m not believing anything that is said … the same goes for the subject that is being written about … who was the subject you wrote about? Did you find out who they were? Or what organization they represent?
I find I have to the majority of the work on my own in order to verify most of the junk I read online.
Officially recognised news media outlets are decent but even they have to be scrutinized in everything they say and write.
It’s the age of information … it’s just that no one said it was disinformation, misinformation or just plain non-information.
Whatever information I read now … I have to constantly stop to ask myself… who wrote this? … why? … who does the writer represent? Who are they? What do they do? Where do they come from? What are their names and do they have a bio?
This is actually the hard part of actual “research”: evaluating the source’s qualities.
Every time someone says to me “have you heard about xxxxxxxxx yyyyyyyyyyy” I ask, “according to whom?”.
no actual group has been found.
Could you elaborate on this? The article mentions both an e-mail address and associated Telegram group.
This sets off my bullshit detector too, but maybe I spent too much time on 4chan in the aughts.
I mean if you wander around Toronto enough you’ll see some pretty bat shit stuff put on posts around town. Usually it’s about “the Jews” or slightly more coded “Canada for Canadians” type stuff though.
Children don’t “see race”, they go on “in-group” and “out group”.
And if you’re not exposed to people of other races, then that forms along racial lines.
This is why people opposed desegregation of schools/housing, and even shit like Alabama banning Sesame Street because it showed different kids getting along.
This is in my neighbourhood. Fuck these racist assholes. They do not speak for the far, far majority of people in this area.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
City officials in Metro Vancouver have described signs advertising a “whites-only” social group for mothers and children as “vile garbage.”
On Sunday, social media posts about the “Whites-only Moms and Tots” group meant for families of European descent began popping up on Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter, with many condemning the posters as racist.
Officials with the neighbouring City of Port Coquitlam said they had been alerted to the posters over the weekend and directed bylaw officers to search for them and remove them.
"As soon as it was brought to our attention, bylaw officers immediately searched the area and all bus stops, but no signs were present.
In its statement, Port Coquitlam condemned the signs and the group they advertise “in the strongest terms,” adding that the city “promotes an environment without hate.”
CBC News contacted the group through the email address provided on the sign, but did not immediately receive a response.
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