Great Meeting Hack to Deal with Interrupting White Guys
I read the Democratic Socialists of America’s Northern Virginia branch’s meeting guidelines1, thanks to a Metafilter discussion2.
One thing I know is I'm good at running meetings. I’ve herded cats in many contexts, from true consensus to Roberts’ Rules. This brilliant idea stood out from dsa_nova’s suggestions:
Men talking over women is definitely not the way socialist feminism works. To counter ingrained patriarchal behavior, whenever a white male comrade interrupts a person of color or a white woman, everyone should raise their fist.
The goal is surrounding the interrupter by raised fists–not as a precursor to violence, but as a sign of solidarity.
What do you think? Would this be effective? Do you think it would backfire by enraging the white men so notified?