Should MDC add a forum for POC?

[Arduinna]

Thought maybe we had hit a point where a poll would be useful. Do you think their should be a forum for POC or not?

try and be nice, it's my first poll.

[simonee]

great poll, arduinna. though it's debatable whether asking the PWOCs here to vote on a forum for POCs is racist in itself. But those questions are still being addressed elsewhere

a very resounding yes for me ~ if the POCs want it, that is

[Els' 3 Ones]

Interesting point, simonee.

I voted yes. If our members of color feel they need one, then they should have one.

[Arduinna]

Well shoot, if I had made the poll just for POC then that would have started an uproar too

Ya can't please everybody :-)

[pie]

It won't let me vote but I say yes.

[charmarty]

yes

yes yes

[Arduinna]

Sorry Pie, I have no idea how to fix polls. I barely figured out how to post this one. But now that I've got it down expect more !!

[joesmom]

YES!

[Carmen]

I voted no as I believe this community would be better served with a forum for Minority Parenting rather than one segregated by color.

Just my two francs.

[emmalala]

how bout a sticky at the top explaining what the goals are, so POC can set them clearly. I saw many points raised that would be good for both POC and PWOC to see before they post

[MamitaMala]

I am an MOC and I voted no cuz its been made very clear that way too many peeps just don't get it and I don't think it would end up serving the needs of POC. I think POC will continue to have their needs as POC AP parents or whatever filled elsewhere.....

MM

[pie]

mamita mala, that is too bad. There may be POC here who don't know of or go elsewhere that are interested. I am sorry that so many people saw so much in this idea to get angry about.

I hope Mothering creates whatever there is the real need for.

[MamitaMala]

Oh no doubt MamaPie......Mothering was the first thing of its kind I was ever introduced to. I;m not saying that Mothering doesn't have really great things about it cuz why else would I be here???? I just don't think dealing POC is its forte.

MM

[Arduinna]

Originally posted by emmalala
how bout a sticky at the top explaining what the goals are, so POC can set them clearly. I saw many points raised that would be good for both POC and PWOC to see before they post

I understand what your asking for, I just figured that the first step was to have one or not. Then if it was decided to have one the parameters could be worked out :-)

[member]

I *really* agree with this more than ever now...

cuz its been made very clear that way too many peeps just don't get it and I don't think it would end up serving the needs of POC. I think POC will continue to have their needs as POC AP parents or whatever filled elsewhere.....

BUT

I think there are Parents of Color who need this board here even if ends of failing.

So I guess my final vote is YES.

[JavaJerri]

If I could vote, I'd vote yes.

[indiegirl]

I agree it should be a "minority parenting" board rather than a POC board.

[pie]

peep is people.

First off, minority is the majority. Second, most minority don't like that term. Perhaps Marginalized Parenting? But then we could just do away with Single Parents and Queer Parents and lump all the 'minorities' together.

[Kylix]

If there were an option for an emphatic, resounding yes, then I would have clicked that one. But there wasn't so I just clicked "yes".

I understand MamitaMala's point. There seems to be so much dissenting opinion over something that seems so mild an issue (a POC/minority board whatever the hell you want to call it to go along with a Queer Parenting and Single Parenting board). I feel like there will ppl who will want to stir up trouble over it (like the insistence that an exclusionary board will be divisive when most mamas here don't want it to be exclusionary) but I don't think that is a good enough reason not to try it out.

I will do everything I can to make it a board that is supportive for MOC. I really feel the need for such a board on this site. I think we'll pull more members in with it (which I know some ppl are saying that they think this place is too big already...). I also do not think it will divide this board. There are already lots of gay and bi mamas here who post in the queer parenting forum and still frequent other areas of the board. The queer parenting forum is a haven for them and a place to get support that they can't necessarily get other places. The POC board will serve the same purpose.

Kylix

[Kylix]

NM, peeps means people.

JavaJerri, How come you can't vote? Are you having trouble voting in the polls? For awhile there I was too, but the problem resolved itself. *shrugs*

Kylix