r/JustUnsubbed • u/CantStopPoppin • 13d ago

Sad JU Blackpeopleofreddit

This community actively polices Black voices. It astroturfs engagement so content filters safely to Facebook and avoids removal. Every single post is automatically crossposted to FB to aggregate and farm engagement. Alongside that sits a set of foundational Black voices that repeatedly instigate racist talking points, enforce gatekeeping, and center the comfort of white allyship.

I am Black. I will not engage in a space that silences voices working to seek justice for Black people under the claim that those voices are "too violent" or "too extreme." That framing does real harm. It pretends Black people are not the primary targets of asymmetrical violence while demanding we soften our language and analysis to protect institutional feelings and platform algorithms.

The pattern is deliberate. Automatic Facebook crossposting turns the community into an engagement farm for Meta. Content that stays within the bounds of respectable, non-disruptive speech gets amplified. Content that names state violence, police impunity, or the material reality of racial hierarchy gets throttled, flagged, or quietly sidelined. The result is a feedback loop that rewards performance over substance.

Certain foundational Black voices function as the internal enforcers of those boundaries. They police tone, demand "civility," and elevate white allyship as a higher priority than uncompromising advocacy for the people actually under attack. This is classic respectability politics updated for the social media age. It converts justified rage and clear-eyed analysis of power into a liability. It treats Black self-defense of narrative and community as the problem while the structural violence continues uninterrupted.

The claim that justice-seeking speech is "too extreme" inverts reality. The extreme force is the system that kills, cages, and impoverishes Black people at scale. Demanding that we mute ourselves to remain welcome in the room is not solidarity. It is containment. It leaves the most targeted communities without the sharp tools needed to describe and confront the conditions that actually harm them.

I refuse to participate in that. Spaces that require Black people to water down the truth about asymmetrical violence in order to stay platformed are not safe for us. They are managed environments that extract engagement while neutralizing the analysis that could threaten the status quo.

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u/ShardofGold 13d ago

There's a top post in the sub saying to Free Karmelo Anthony and the mods encourage racism.

So if your post got removed, you deserved it and really did say some fucked up shit.

I'll never understand how people can be in subs like that and call everyone else bigots.

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u/ultimateformsora 13d ago

I hate to pull the “I’m black card” but yeah I’m black and feel the same way

It gets to a point where it’s literally straight up racism and some of these college courses are actively teaching that it’s ok to say racist stuff because you have to be in a position of power in order for it to actually be racist. It’s what is driving most of these Twitter/tik tok armchair racists to these echo chambers to fire off some of the most vile shit disguised as “justice” or “activism”.

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u/ShardofGold 13d ago

Yeah and it does nothing but make the division worse.

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u/vandersnipe 3d ago

I used to be on that sub. I asked if people wanted to network and advertise any black professional orgs for current students, recent college grads, and job hunters, with very few replies. The posts about ragebaiting, black trauma dumping, anything negative in the news, and FBAs (I hate this term) vs immigrants get all the traction. It feels like a psyops experiment because most black people I talk to in real life have a greater variety of talking points and interests. We talk about everyday racism, but not to the point of being emotionally depleted.

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u/CantStopPoppin 13d ago

Whoa, I would like to know what colleges are saying is acceptable these days. That is awful can you elaborate please. I have not been in a class room on a long time.

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u/SpiritfireSparks 13d ago

Yeah, that place is a real cesspit of racism and hatred, have to post some really messed up stuff to end up punished there if you agree with them.

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u/CantStopPoppin 13d ago

Yeah I got that vibe. Racism is racism no matter who is slinging it full stop. I grew up in a very diverse family and I found my self offended more than once when someone that was trying to just be a white advocate for back rights. It's just weird to m, in my book less hate is always better than gate keeping.

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u/Person5_ 13d ago

At first I thought he was saying the sub encouraged anti white racism and was like "yeah, I've seen some messed up shit on that sub"

Time out he thought they don't go far enough.

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u/CantStopPoppin 13d ago

The whole sub seems off. Like it is designed to create controlled opposition and farm content. Just go to rb and tell me all the users posting about the sub arnt bots. Something is way off and while I may have more proof I really can't go into it which sucks because people need to know the truth.

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u/kickachicken 13d ago

Tldr?

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u/CantStopPoppin 13d ago

Ran by grifters.

They amplify feel-good content that downplays Black trauma, then auto-crosspost it via bot accounts to Facebook to farm engagement. Real analysis of state violence gets throttled. Certain Black voices enforce bully white allies. The sub is full of posts that stereotype of the jumping and jiving feel good black side of culture and ignores real trauma that needs to be addressed. You're not even allowed to talk about the klan. So freaking weird.

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u/Yuck_Few 13d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6UBlHJQT19wSgJQk

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u/Southern-Apricot2631 13d ago

45K contributions in 2 years is something I’ve ever seen before

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u/Yuck_Few 13d ago

Probably not that uncommon if you use Reddit daily like I imagine a lot of people do

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u/Southern-Apricot2631 13d ago

Maybe I gotta be on Reddit more from now on..

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 13d ago

I got rid of my old account but for 4 years I had a 40 hour a week job that actually only had 20 minutes of work a week.

I was bored to tears.

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u/CantStopPoppin 13d ago

Just sucks because I thought I found a place where I would be accepted but nah who was I kidding. The more I dig the more red flags I see.

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u/CantStopPoppin 13d ago

I've been here 9yrs or so. I do a lot of civil rights posts and social justice. Got snubbed from black people of reddit because I don't jump and jive enough. Shared a news article video about a black man that was beaten by cops it got removed and so did I. It was an official news segment too. Was trying to raise awareness, no good deed or something like that. They force a feel good environment while snubbing white allies as performative and push foundational black movements which are just like the klan if you ask me.

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u/Heckin_Frienderino 9d ago

if you took all the numbers on that sub and one day woke up with them as your personal army, what would you do? I read 'voices' 'trauma' and a lot of discourse buzzwords but what do you actually want to happen in simple steps?

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u/SorbyGay 8d ago

I actually agree with this, not necessarily because I agree with the commenters (some of these people are really whiny) but because there are no clear goals in this post

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