The not so subtle semantic underpinnings of racism, etc.

> ........, ... ..... ........... black ......... ... .. . > ....... ............ ...... ...... .. black ....... > > ... > > .... black ...... .. ... ....... .......... .. ... > ........ ..... ..., black ...... ... .............. > .......... ... .. ... ........ ... ......... ....... .. > .... .... . woman .../.. . person of color. .. ... ....... > > ... > > black ....... ... .... ....... .... ............ .. . > ....... ......... ..... ......'. ......... .... black

I get the feeling some people still think there are different colors of people....

> Block Chats is an opportunity to have deeper conversations > in our communities. Enough shouting past each other and > parroting talking points; we can do so much better. It > all starts with breaking through divides, having deeper > conversations, and collectively working towards a better > future for us all.

Until egoism is eradicated, all such efforts can/must/will devolve into “shouting past each other”, “parroting talking points”, and all other manner of divides, because egoism is fundamentally division – i.e. between “I” and “not-I” – and thus cannot manifest as other than division (although it's pretty talented at faux non-division for its own division-rooted benefit).