Being Black in fandom gets exhausting, racism no matter where you go, even if you go out of your way to avoid it, you will find it, Black fans getting harassed and called slurs, Black va's getting harassed, blushed cosplayers never being allowed to exist normally, Black fandom events struggling to combat racists, whitewashing and racist drawings galore, edits, fanart and even original content from both larger media and smaller artists being subject to racism and indifference, aave being decimated, Blackfishing and blaccents, Black characters always getting vitriol and are never loved the same way, stereotypes and tropes that harm Black rep, gaming still not fully getting skintone ranges and Black hair right, and just, so much more..
White fandomgoers do not care about antiracism or Black fans, even some of the people who say they do, we get blamed for things we didnt do, accused of lying or being dramatic, we constantly get the "its just pixels\fiction" exuse yet they rage over Black characters in media, Twitter is overruns with bigotry, Toyhouse and Tumblr are incredibly white centered and are always somehow werid with people of color and race\racism as a topic, probably will gladly thumbs up genuinely racist "memes" like the whole roboracism thing, its not even just fandom either, its nearly everything! The disabled community, the queer community, the art community, any fandom you can think of, the alternative\punk community, the cosplay community, there's just, sooo much, and most of us are glad to call it out, but like, i dont think some of yall get how draining and exhausting it can get. Telling us not to be online, to avoid tags or block and move on doesn't really work, even if were extra careful, we have to deal with it or here about it, and why should WE have to get offline in spaces we might enjoy beacuse racism is a massive problem that majority white fans dont want to talk about? To me, it seems that many white and sometimes non-black fandomgoers just, forget racism is a massively serious thing that harms us, in many ways.
Just, yeesh, i just wanna say to my fellow Black fandomgoers, or just Black people online in general, your not invalid if you feel like someone your friends with is dismissing your struggles with racism, your allowed to feel exhausted sometimes, your allowed to feel upset sometimes, your allowed to step away or even leave spaces and anyone who calls you a wimp for is a loser, your allowed to want Black only fandom spaces, your allowed to call out racism you see, dont let anyone tell you or treat you like your ridiculous for being unhappy with a problem many people seem to forget get us killed.
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