The Anarchist People of Color list is a discussion group by and for people of color interested in developing new tendencies and presence in the anarchist and anti-authoritarian movement among people of color. Organizing and personal experiences, methods being used to build those new ideas, how we relate our ideas to our communities, how to reach out creatively to people, how anarchism and various beliefs relate to our public and private lives and more are up for discussion. This is intended as a place for anarchist and anti-authoritarian people of color, who might often feel isolated and without support, to come and speak their minds and hearts. Our sisters are especially encouraged to dialogue. A lot of net discussion tends to exclude women, and we’ll do our best to be open. Also, we ask you to just be respectful of one another; we might not always agree on tactics or approaches, but for every difference, there’s a basis of unity.Please note the discussion herein is “by and for” people of color. While support is welcome, we ask white people to please respect the request for autonomy of having a people of color-oriented space for discussion and support. It should also be noted that it is important that supportive people create spaces/lists where white activists who are genuinely concerned about supporting the growth of tendencies of people of color can go, talk about confronting these issues to their peers, deconstruct internalized racism, etc. Gracias.
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#1 by JL on June 5, 2009 - 11:55 am
Hi,
I am an apoc youth worker in the midwest, I’m looking to get reconnected with apoc
folks.
Locally, one of the big issues that we have seen throughout the years is that white
people try to help but end up hurting the long term viability of our people of color
movements as they take over our meetings, end up speaking for us instead of with us,
and direct the visible actions which they claim are of our community. Somehow, with
their privilege and our willingness as a people to let everyone in to join our
struggles, they end up being sought after as legitimate spokesperson’s for our
issues when they are not even directly affected by the issues we survive everyday.
We are having these discussions and looking for support and ideas to create an apoc
space for growth and support by and for our communities.
I’m unsure if I should even be writing this to this email but I’m gonna try anyway.
Thanks and it is great that you all are out there doing this great work.
JL