Genuine question, I apologize if this sounds insincere, but why do you tag your works as black!reader even when the reader’s race or skin color isn’t explicitly mentioned? Do you not think that that might effect the amount of reblogs you get? I know I don’t reblog woc!readers because I know those aren’t written for me, so I don’t add them to my reading list. Sorry if I’m sounding rude, I’m just genuinely curious.
Welp. You do sound rude and you are raggedy for this shit. Sit in that.
Tbh I read stories on here with mood boards with white women in them even though it says reader! on it. It’s prolly not written for me, but I enjoy stories so I’ve read them. Just like every WOC on here who gets to read stories that ‘aren’t for them’. Why? Cause that’s the trend and mostly reblogged around here.
It’s so crazy. Like do you read scifi? Romance? How do you watch movies? Do you just skip them cause ‘they aren’t for you’ or ‘you can’t relate cause you aren’t Steve Rogers’?
And the reason my stories are Black!Reader is because I am Black. They are written in the event I decide to describe skin tone, eye color (which is rare). I came on this site knowing I wouldn’t get as much attention and you prove the reason why. My stories have depth, they can be read by anyone who wants to stop and pretend for a bit. Notes?! Pfffffffffffffffft. I don’t have a single story over a 1k in notes, but I know the right people are reading them and it’s fine by me. So please do me a solid and never come back here. Enjoy your privilege.
“I know I don’t reblog woc!readers because I know those aren’t written for me, so I don’t add them to my reading list”
Nah, you don’t reblog WOC!reader inserts/Black!reader inserts because you cannot stomach the idea of WOC and Black women readers and writers having a niche of their own in the writing community because that takes attention from your white-centric “reader inserts” that positively serve you. You said it yourself, the reader’s skin tone isn’t explicitly mentioned, so how in the world would these fics “not be for you” if they have done a better job at leaving the reader’s physical description vague?
“Do you not think that that might effect the amount of reblogs you get?”
Don’t you see the issues you pointed out yourself? The lack of inclusivity within fandom and fic writing is reflected in the amount of notes Black and WOC reader inserts get. That doesn’t stop WOC and Black readers and writers from creating works centered around people who look like them rather than continuously being excluded in the fandom.
“I apologize if this sounds insincere”
And with that being said, your ass should have stopped there.
I bet she doesn’t think she’s racist for not reblogging woc! Works even though she’s consuming them so that means we aren’t getting the views we deserve. She probably even have Black Lives Matter in her bios across all her social media platforms, but somehow supporting black writers is to much work for because for the first time in her life white women aren’t the center of the work.
the racism really jumped out here—
If you’re racist just say that lol. Like we rarely go into full detail of our black readers cause for one we are all not the same. So for me I want the reader to see herself no matter the story and not have some description that may not be for her.
Some and I do mean some of you readers and even writers don’t even understand the frustration when it comes to inclusivity because you have been included all of your lives.
And when you don’t get included guess what you do? You whine, complain, be complete racist assholes and then want your feelings heard.
That’s not how it goes and I won’t apologize ever for having a certain type of reader because we weren’t meant to be included in the first place.
As if we aren’t deserving of being in a fandom because the color of our skin. Black readers and writers are here. Pretty sure we aren’t going to let up either.
