I agree that it's important to police ourselves against othering people. But I don't think the intention of the OP is rotten.
It's just that some people drop in and completely change the narrative of the scene, and while sometimes that can be positive, either in the moment or in the long term, other times that disruption is neither innovative nor for the better, and the whole shop is suddenly all about one person needing attention, or doing something, that the shop wasn't designed to facilitate. Should all community shops be designed to pivot into another type of environment on the fly? If so, what's the best setup to accomplish that? Learning about people and getting training are good places to start.
Sometimes a place specialized for helping people in one specific way (bike repair and/or free bikes) just isn't set up to help people in another (extreme emotional distress, disorientation from substance use). It's really tough even for trained professionals with a lot of life experience to be the kind of multifarious/multifaceted entities you demand. Most community shops are run by amateurs, newbies, or very young people just trying to do a cool/good deed, running on almost zero income and good intentions.
The OP was just about how to stretch and expand capabilities to be better able to interact with people beyond the fringes of their professional, and possibly personal, experience. I understand how infuriating it is to be othered and to be misunderstood. But getting angry at someone for earnestly trying to acquire tools for better understanding is just piling on more injustice.
In the end, almost everyone you will encounter in life, that are not your direct long-term associates, are others. That's just reality. The question is whether you want to navigate those kinds of relationships with grace, curiosity, and tact or not.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2023-10-09 09:21, DancesWithCars via TheThinkTank wrote:
Slightly edited version on http://novapeers.pbworks.com/w/page/154699098/ImpleMentingSS2023 I generally keep my MH stuff separate But somehow pounded out a response on smartphone So terse Then slept on it And decided to post.
Mental health is closer to race and ethnicity So even lumping it in with Alcohol and Other Drugs is DeMeaning, imnsho... Also a catch all for what others don't have AClueABout Aka Hate
clearly hierarchy and 'privilege' are at play as (Paid v. Board?) Staff (is?) somehow better than Other$ (¡=Board Members, Lawyers, Constitution, EuGenics, MAGA, cowboys/girls, clowns 🤡, snails, snakes, 🧫 etc) to determine inclusion(, occlusion, collusion, illusion...) safety, and Health (u a doc, not ToDay, actor playing PreTender) for (The Entire) "Community" (- ThoseInQuestion)
OMG there's a(n) x, y, z And start pointing and (knit 🧶 cat 😺 kitten 🐈 🐾) picking Bullying etc
Can I help you? (= Why are you/They/Otherze here?) Typical reply may be: I doubt it, nor do you really want/plan/intend/able to, Ad nauseum RedHerring...)
And are you OK? (= Why do you breathe? i.e. masked 😷 🎭ClOwns🤡: Let's fix that...)) Well , born this/that/another way Perhaps closer to LGBTQIA...
The Behavio(u)rs of exclusion, elitism, etc We're better than x, y, z Therefore determine others fate, Levels of "Service", only Allowed to: have a drink of water SideBar: (from that other fountain ⛲🖋️ firehouse , sign from <1960s /Simon says...WeSaidSo)
Use bathroom (= who's going to clean up after our tourer/itinerant/NiteWalker/Wheelchair 🦼 🦽 user/AIDS/DrugUser/Church Elder(ly)/Donor/OverStressedNewMom...?), a tool (pump, crow bar, HeadSet press, ThingAMaJig(1..n-1), Chain tool, Plasma Cutter, (TemPLAte: Recent Bolt? Cable cutter for wedding ring? w 2 males ~Brothers trying on?) to remove: Monster's Mask, (on Elephant(.../Electro) boy?), ScarLetLetterZ, (Skin tone...Lack thereof), Freckles, Liver/Age spots, RatTail, MoHawk, Weaves, Rug, Wig, WHig, Chastity belt, Apron, Schmock, HandCuffs, shackles, ZipTie?) Time in space, When Allowed in space To breathe, (Speak... Not speak), (Appear?... DeCloak?) Form (Contrary O'Pines...RaveReViews), BlasphemyVAut$peaks, Have (Long...No,Blue,Pink,Red,Grey,$_Colours...)Hair/Brillo? /Dashiki/ Burn$(p)FLags, In community, On planet, ThisSideThatSide InVisible Color /_,... line, AnyWhere in this RedLine state$, etc
Time's up
Eff this list and org I'm offended by this You Lose UnSub OP etc Citing Ableist, Classism , Exclusivity, )RePublican(Ism, Nazi, Stalin, MouseALini, TrodGoLyte, MarGoLoopie, Have(Tool/Weapon)InHandThereForeThinkDeVine/Noose, SoftSpotInOthersSkull/Neurons/ synapse, BioChem, SomeWhereInThatVacuumUpTop, etc like Hate, HowEver thinly cloaked/veiled... Word(-ed) etc
Likely posting this to NoVAPeers.PBWorks.com As may not even clear BullMailSPAMze Modz
Not a manifesto, btw Just decades of this (_$~¿^$_§✓©®™)
FinePrint for Lawyers, PoliDicks, et. Al. (~= +/- `Go(r|z)eianGreatInConvenience) Can't You (v. ATrueWe) UnderStand? Why? APunishingQ?
Pop(Head) Not a Rant nor Line noise See RegEx Petl Python, Awk,SEd,GNUXEMacs, LispM,Empire,TetrUs,etc
Pause BackTo$(L/H)eep)
On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 02:05 Robert Christiansen via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
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