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As I watch the corporate logos turn rainbow for the month of June, I realise... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by NickwithaC@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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This is probably how black people have been feeling about black history month for a while now.

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 42 points 2 weeks ago

After opening my business I never celebrated Pride with a special logo because I did not want to be exploitive. I carried Pride merch year round. My business partner was queer and they pushed me to do Pride. So for my 3rd anniversary I revealed a new year round Pride logo trying to further reinforce my shop is a safe space.

Later one of my regulars came out to me as trans. I was the first person beyond their small friend group to whom they came out to. I have a Pride flag in my shop window now 24/7 and am the only business in my town that does so (a couple do for Pride).

I realize you are more speaking of corporate America, of which I am definitely not.

[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

I honestly kinda appreciate it. It's nice to be reminded that there is some place for acceptance, even if only for capitalism, and it does seem to spread further through society than other months. It still sucks that there are also people who loudly state that it's intrusive into their normal cis-het-white-male centered universe.

[–] amelore@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Like obviously they don't actually care, corporations only care about money, but I don't think it's bad that they pretend to.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think it's potentially even good...

As long as you remember that they will stab you in the back, and the face and the heart, and then turn their backs on anybody in need. Because they are a corporation, and not a person, an entity, or anything with an opinion or a face, because they are just a corporation, that is ran by real people with a corporate agenda and all with their own goals and opinions.

They are not people, they do not care about people because they CAN not care about people, because they can not care, because they are a corporation, a machine.

[–] Neps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wont speak for all of black people, ive always thought it was just corpo nonsense but most my family just see it and legit think they are being supportive of the movement, they dont think about it being a marketing strategy or whatever.