Except on this particular day, a woman, a white woman, decided to call the cops on these black guys who were barbecuing, ostensibly because they were using charcoal in an area where it had been prohibited in the past. People come there all the time for picnics, just to hang out. One nice sunny day in Oakland, a couple of friends were barbecuing down at Lake Merritt. Veronica: Okay, a little background info. Franchesca, please stick around because I want to hear your take on this one afterward. It’s a story about someone who tried to act like that alpha meerkat, tried to decide who didn’t belong, but it’s also about how a little online magic helped turn a bit of bullying into much more powerful bonding. Being a social animal has deeply positive roots, and our first story really shows that off. But I want to start here by reminding ourselves that the opposite is also true. Group dynamics can definitely get ugly online. Veronica: I’m thinking about that pile-on effect that you get where members of an online mob might see an opening and feel like they’ve got permission to take a swipe at someone. One of my favorite things to jump into the middle of a conversation and just be like, “Well, that escalated quickly.”įranchesca: I mean really in the context of today’s conversation, it really is apropos because unfortunately when you do have conversations online, whether it’s about politics or identity, which is the type of stuff that I do in my work, oftentimes things do really escalate very quickly, and it can be really hard to walk that back. You gave it the perfect amount of inflection, because if you don’t use it then I don’t even recognize the tite of my own book.
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Veronica: I have to say that the title of your book, Well, that Escalated Quickly is my favorite part from the movie Anchor Man.įranchesca: You did a great job of saying the title. Franchesca, welcome to IRL.įranchesca: Thank you so much for having me. She’s a comedian, activist, YouTube star, and the host of MTV’s Decoded, and most recently the author of her first book, Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist. I’m super happy to have Franchesca Ramsey with me today. With their focus browser, I don’t see ads, search is super fast, and I know that no one’s collecting my browsing behavior. I’ve been using the Firefox Focus browser on my phone for its built-in privacy. IRL is brought to you by Mozilla, the not-for-profit behind Firefox. We’re figuring out what drives our ideas of in-groups and out-groups, and how we can use our digital tools to build kinder more human realities.
Our ability to bond with each other and to ostracize each other is what makes a difference between thriving and failing, but our digital tools magnify those basic animal instincts, upping the stakes and forcing us to think harder about why some people get brought into the tribe, and others get left out in the cold. This episode we’re all about the meerkat in each of us. I’m Veronica Belmont, and this is IRL because online life is real life. They need to belong, and it’s a matter of basic survival. Without being groomed, she gets covered in bugs, and soon she’s just this miserable, poor, sad little creature.
Without friends, she doesn’t get groomed. It’s the one where a young female meerkat pisses off the alpha meerkat and is cast out from the group. There was this one episode that really stuck out. It was about this super tight group of furry buddies that for the most part worked together to keep their little gang humming along. Do you remember what? Basically it was Big Brother but with a pack of meerkats. There was a show a little while back called Meerkat Manor. You know, the ones that often stand upright to gaze across the Savannah like little furry soldiers. Veronica: Ah, meerkats, those super adorable creatures. Follow Jon on Twitter as he tries his hardest to be an expressive (but respectful) online citizen.Īnd, learn more about Natalie Hampton’s Sit With Us app. Jon Ronson’s book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is on Amazon. We also recommend reading this article on inclusive and exclusive culture from Mozilla’s head of Diversity & Inclusion, Larissa Shapiro.įind Franchesca Ramsey’s new book Well That Escalated Quickly on her personal site, and check her out on MTV’s Decoded. Here is material on digital inclusion from Mozilla.
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