⌢ ⟡﹒ afro caribbean reprsention on my blog
❨ from @writingwithcolor’s Biracial ( Black & White), Caribbean Colombian person post ❩
( from @writingwithcolor’s post )
the island i grew up in is unfortunately still associated with their colonizers as they are an over sea territory of france … i have seen many people from france even the people of color living here are sexualising us , saying we’re good in bed , we have sex everyday , think that we are easy girls … it’s just sick that we are perceived like this.
as i not only write fanfictions , i am in the heavy process of writing a queer caribbean book involving heavy post-colonialism content , how it affects the population and people at that time. especially women. i centered it on two queer women of color ( one of african descent , european / the other one of african & indian descent ). this book of mine is very dear to me ; i want to highlight how post colonialism , religion & sexuality is still apart of our community even now. i want us to be seen and respected.
as for my fanfictions. most of my readers are and will be people of color. i have found many afro caribbean and afro latina writing and reading fanfiction that represents us and it encouraged me to write afro-caribbean / afro-latina coded readers. it’s just refreshing to be seen. i will try to do us as much justice as i can because we deserve it.
if you do not like it , don’t read it & don’t send hate and leave people of color alone.