Hello!! I am the person that the anom addressed in a recent conversation with Rando. I was just notified that my side of the situation was talked about.
I absolutely DO NOT want harassment to go to Rando. The situation was 3 months ago, but as I continued to stay in Rando's server, my staff team has been showing me particular messages that have seem indirect, more towards me than towards anyone else.
About 7 months ago, I used to send racial slurs I could reclaim to a server that used to be for friends. At this time, I knew so many people for 6-8+ years, and they had heavily enforced deep influence under me. Most of them, at this time, were INSANELY comfortable using the n word, despite not being the direct race to even reclaim the word.
DISCLAIMER! I do NOT THINK ANYONE should reclaim a racial slur, no matter your skintone. Its offensive, its normalising centuries history that has been nothing but dehumanising to all kinds of people who were heavily oppressed during those times. Racial slurs, LGBTQ slurs, and many more, should NOT be said. No matter what.
Back to the context. My friends had made me think I was 'cool' and 'nonchalant' for using a word that I never wanted to use for myself or for my comfortablity, but to make them happy. Yes, I take absolutely ALL accountability for using the n word, I am more than regretful about it than anything, and I am deeply held at a point where I wish I wasn't stupid and naive for ever saying it.
After that, months later, round about late July this year. I had told a few friends in that server that I was diagnosed with cancer. They have known my history with cancer, and how many times I've had it over the years of my childhood to my current state. One of them, was heavily against me and sent a gif that was something to do with blue lock, and it said, "Does this thing in your head...does it work?" and that set off a fuse. The owner, a really close friend of mine in the server had believed this person who was against me. Mind you, they'd known him for a year compared to me, for over 7 years.
I eventually vented my feelings out to my own server, and had gained a small amount of traction. Rando, had decided to help me confront them, as they had banned me from the friend server. Rando joined it from a link, so did others. While Rando investigated, he came across the times I used to say the n word, but, not as much as how my friends did. Rando then sent me a DM, saying that he was deeply uncomfortable for how I was, 'so comfortable' using a racial slur. I had already told him, and my many server members, that I am mixed. I am just lightskinned. They all know I am natively African, and my ethnicity is Xhosa, Zulu, and many more. My father's side was black, my mother's side was white.
I apologised to Rando. I apologised for making him uncomfortable, for upsetting him in a way I never was meant to upset him, and I just wanted him to atleast still remain as my friend. No slur was directed at him. No fight back was initiated. Just me apologising for my actions, and taking accountability for what I had done.
After that, I had noticed Rando left my server, and I sent him a DM about my concerns on why he left, why he just disappeared after the situation finally settled. He deliberately ignored me for 2 whole days. I sent some messages, not many, especially not spamming ones, until he finally answered. He sent a message via the situation AGAIN, and had stated that he relooked the situation and left my server because he, had, 'discomforts of his', prior to the topic of me using the n word.
I again apologised to him, told him I hadn't used the word ever since, clarified I'm not white if he still had the thought of it, and many more. The main parts I took great offense to was when one of his messages said, "as someone whos...visually black, I guess". It felt like he was trying to say, "You're white, you can't be mixed AND lightskinned". It sat with me for so so long.
Then, Rando had rather gone into his server a day after the situation, posting vaguely about communities and racism and 'his own comfortability' and 'places that were meant to make him feel safe', in his debate channel. It went on to his shitpost channel, and then the latest post, to his announcement channel. I told a friend about it, vented about how it feels like hes pointing fingers at ME in particular, and how it made me hate myself so much than it should have already. Verbal communication, indirect or direct, can really, REALLY hurt me. I have a paranoia disorder, so I'm so quickly to try and fix as much as I can when someone has a problem. But I can't fix my skintone. And that has almost led me to hurting myself.
My friend said they'd, 'spread awareness in another server', and that probably led to the latest post by someone from that server. I was only informed of it today, just as I woke up. I want to say I wish I could formally direct to Rando about all of this, but it feels like I'll be denied, stooped under a rug, and probably get told nothing was directed towards me when it visually looks like it was.
Overall, this is my response to a post, this is me addressing what has happened, this is me stating my side, this is me giving context and as much truth as possible. I don't want drama. I really, really don't. I appreciate the person who spoke on my behalf, but I don't want anyone to get hurt because of this. I care about people a lot. I really don't want to hurt anyone because of this.