i hate to be one to throw around the big scary words and speak on others' behalves like a true tumblr white girl, but . Ive been seeing some headcanons surrounding Cole being this gross, stinky dude who doesn't wash his bum & whatnot goin around, and like . I feel like that really just seems rooted in racism ?
& like im not trying to call anyone racist as a person or whatever, you can say stuff that may or may not be racist without realizing that's what you're doing, & most people in the fandom are literal children (or at least, so i assume)
Also it might be some inside joke i just haven't been let in on, idk
Anyway . To get to the actual point . I feel like it's based less on how he actually acts & more just around him being like, racially indian-adjacent - cause sadly, that's (from what i hear) an annoyingly persistent stereotype about indians, that's (again, from what I've heard) even held up by otherwise ordinary, accepting people
And i just can't see how anyone could watch the same show i did, and decide that the most well put together, down to earth, em/sympathetic and arguably most sensitive guy on the team is this farting, diarrhea-stench swine of a man
(little edit here: there actually are a couple legitimate clues to this conclusion; something about stinky socks & peeing in pools (which I'll look into a little more when I'm free))
Like i would get it, sort of, if it was just about DR Cole, since he's living on basically a scrap yard, but I never see anybody say it about the rest of the Land Of Lost Things (or whatever it's called in English) family, or even just Geo.
Like yeah he doesn't seem to have running water over there, but neither does any of the others, why isn't the hc ever that they stink as a family thing instead of just targeting Cole specifically?
It sucks to me that kids from India (and surrounding countries ? maybe ? sry, don't know a lot abt the world) finally got actually good representation in a massive show, and then this really negative stereotype sorta gets applied to him, y'know?
as a little final note again: not actually trying to call any one specific person racist or malicious. I'm entirely in the realm of speculation with that last paragraph. I don't even know how popular that head canon is. i have no clue who started it, i don't know their intent, nor that of anyone who hopped on it. You can believe in racist things without realizing it; from what i hear, almost everyone does to some extent. just, yknow, most do their darndest to minimize it ofc
I just don't want to see one of my favorite shows used to spread harmful stereotypes, intentional or not.
also sry to the ppl who're seeing this when they just wanna look at cute Cole fanart or smth i hope im not too much of a bother i just feel like it kinda had to be said
also also if you're someone who is/would be personally affected by this I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter bc i am . Very much just a white dumbass who watches videos abt this kinda stuff on the interwebs . i have frankly never been/felt stereotyped or meaningfully oppressed in my life
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