>Predominately Black led piece of media becomes popular.
>Among the characters there are one or two White characters with minor and/or distinctly antagonistic roles.
>White tumblr users focus entirely on said White characters.
>Tag of Black led piece of media is filled with posts about White character(s)
>Rinse. Repeat.
I think the most charitable interpretation of this is that people connect to characters that are like them, and that the experiences of Blackness is so alien to them that the White characters are the only ones that White people connect with. Combine that with the fact that Tumblr is so White as a platform, and you get this issue.
It’s still bad and racist, but it is understandable. People should still do better though. (I’m not trying to justify, I’m trying to come up with an explanation)
Please don’t make me say it.
We don't need you coming up with an charitable interpretation.
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Or maybe the reason people like the queer character over the two related het characters is because of the queerness.
If Smoke and Stack weren't related and Mary and Annie were in a relationship then things would be so much different.
But there are so little black queer fantasy movies or shows that no one blinks an eye.
Where are the black gay vampire hunters? The enemies to lover black lesbian werewolf story?
Sinners 's problem isn't a racism one. It is a queer one.