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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 [twitter.com profile] 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?

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Date: 2018-07-10 07:11 am (UTC)
luzula: a Luzula pilosa, or hairy wood-rush (Default)
From: [personal profile] luzula
Hmmmmm. I think I would prefer to have the meeting chair head off interruptions ("Keep to the speaking order and let them finish."), and then at the end, have someone who kept track say something about the statistics of people interrupting, if there was a clear pattern.

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