If I see one more post about Latino Jason Todd I’m going to scream.
Oh, okay, you mean to tell me you headcanon the angry street child as Latino even though he isn’t Latino in the slightest and isn’t even coded with the mannerisms of an actual Latino person?
And you don’t expect actual Latinos to be offended about this?
First of all, “Latino” could mean anything from Venezuelan to Brazilian heritage. And even then the line gets even blurrier? Are his parents from from Venezuela? If so, which state? Because I love Venezuela (in Caracas, the capital) and if you compared a Caraqueño with someone from Los Llanos, for example, it is entirely possible you will find literally cero actual shared mannerisms.
Let’s talk about what this headcanon means.
This makes Jason Todd, the angry street kid, Latino. Okay. That is really fucking racist all by itself, but it gets worse.
Now, if you headcanon Jason Todd as Latino, then it means at least one of his parents are Latino too. Let’s look at Jason’s parents, shall we?
Willis Todd, abusive alcoholic criminal asshole. Okay, not the best look to headcanon this mofo as Latino.
Catherine Todd: not actually his biological mother but still his mother figure (if you headcanon her as Latino, either one or both of his biological parents have to be Latino as well for Jason to be Latino). She is..a drug addict who died of a drug overdose, leaving her child to starve. Also also not the best look to headcanon this woman as Latino.
Sheila Haywood, otherwise known as she-who-must-not-be-named-especially-not-in-Jason’s-hearing: person who sold drugs to refugees in Ethiopia and betrayed her estranged son to the Joker, of all fucking people, to get money and to stop anyone from finding out she sold drugs to refugees. Also also also not the best look to headcanon this person as Latino.
So you’ve got these objectively terrible people (Catherine IS objectively absolute terrible for putting her son through watching her die and not taking them away from Willis even if she did try to be a mother) and you tell me you headcanon at least one of them as Latino and expect me to be happy about that?
All to headcanon the angry pint-sized criminal street kid as Latino?
Okay, why exactly do you expect me to be okay with that? What in the name of the ever-loving mother of unconscious racial biases told you this was in any way, shape, or form, a good idea? Jesus Christ. It’s like the “fiery Latina” trope all over again!
If you headcanon Jason Todd as Latino please let me know so I can block you and get on with my life. I don’t need this. I shouldn’t have to sort through upsetting stereotypes just to read fanfics or browse heascanons about my favorite comic characters. I shouldn’t have to look at painful reminders that even the people who scream loudly about how they are fighting for me and my representation in media stereotype my entire fucking race. If you people are the guys that would put more Latinos in media I’m almost glad we aren’t shown more. Because if I had to look at characters made with the kind of thinking that lead to whatever the fuck this bizarre headcanon is I would genuinely stop watching movies.
This also goes to all the people who headcanon Tim as Asian American, btw. I’m just not as personally offended by that because I’m not Asian (disregarding that “Asian” is a term used for around 4.561 billion people, which is, you know, MORE THAN HALF THE POPULATION OF THE PLANET). Still, it bears mentioning, because racial biases must be fought at every opportunity no matter who they are about.
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