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reply to neonkarkki

the above was a reply to this ask https://www.tumblr.com/fandomshatepeopleofcolor/717681156276027393/i-love-that-you-have-this-place-for-us-poc?source=share

Ok so I wish I could like... explain to you how white supremacy works in literature.  I’ll try to be brief about this but ok...

working with descriptions within literature is v hard for me because I was v literal as a child reading books. when the text described golden brown skin I thought ok so me when I’ve got a summer tan.  and as light as I am now I can’t really convey to you how much darker I was as a kid (combination of acne medication and genetics made me this light see below)

so golden brown to me meant ok

like somewhere between michelle rodriguez to priyanka chopra

here’s priyanka

And while yes it is possible for white ppl to tan that deeply... that’s not your skin color to claim. so if for example we do a really true book example when I was a kid reading the secret garden I was shocked that the movie had this little white english girl and not a little indian girl. (the book starts in india and I didn’t know what colonization was).

So white supremacy is the fact that when we’re reading white ppl imagine themselves as the default. but little brown and black kids imagine themselves and the people they grew up with. 

so when jk rowling described Hermione Granger as “brown“ in HP I pictured this

that’s marsai martin btw (I’m mostly picking ppl that are easy to find via the gif finder).

I was very surprised to find this

Like I’ll give another example.

When I would see “tall dark and handsome“ I pictured  someone like

not a white brown haired man!!!

anyways i’m tired and I beg of you to please not center whiteness when you’re reading.

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this is in reply to this

https://fandomshatepeopleofcolor.tumblr.com/post/671407516818784256/dreamyblackchild-zigstarus-witches-ofcolor

like its just so disgusting because this lack of solidarity is everywhere. like here in this reply to my phastos hate post

https://mcufandomhatespeopleofcolor.tumblr.com/post/667777959084654592/reply-to

ppl please have some self awareness!  and also for goodness sakes learn a thing or two about anti blackness we all have it in our cultures.

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achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily replied to your post “Getting ready for Latin History month”

Tómas Rivera!!! He was a Chicano author and a lot of his works focused on the immigrant/chicane experience. He also did a lot irt education/community stuff

Thank you!!

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sentient-body-of-water replied to your post “Getting ready for Latin History month”

Can I request Salma Hayek to be added and or covered? Also to add more afrolatinos?

I might do an actors/actresses day and a musicians day but yes gimme some names for Afrolatinos!!!

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plusshippingandhandling replied to your post “have any of you watched community? i recently started watching it on...”

yes i agree. it’s especially noticeable in the christmas episode. there are still good elements of the show overall. i personally like their unlikely friendship dynamics. the friendships between different genders/age groups/ethic backgrounds is very interesting so i understand why you’re a fan. thank you for your response!

I love the friendships in the show! Feel free to drop by again to talk about it! I wish there was more gifs of the show around here.

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neshatriumphs replied to your post “I hate being autistic I’ve never been called the r word before but...”

@thatautisticadhdfeel I know is run by someone who is. Idk if this is the type of content anon is seeking, but they could possibly check it out?

thanks Nesha!

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brizzbee replied to your post “Q***r has definitely not been reclaimed by the whole community and is...”

what’s confusing about this is i also side eye if people are engaging in the community OFFLINE. There was a wildly popular exhibit at Oakland Museum Of California literally called “Queer California.” It had beautiful graphics, lots of input from many members of the community (even a temple on gender identity and the complex nature of it).

very well respected community groups all across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum contributed. They had a really impactful timeline taking up a whole wall. A wing on trans women of color. And they also had a book section (again, called “queer literature.”). Every time i went it was packed. When i asked my (also queer) friend who worked at the museum if they encountered any backlash for using the term she was genuinely confused. She didn’t even know it WAS a controversy. OMCA is a world respected museum.... 

and while i know this is one anecdotal story it made me realize that it’s possible that the “queer is a slur” crowd may mostly just be online. Oakland is in the San Francisco bay area, it’s a very a LGBTQIA friendly area with a very engaged community. Most events i’ve attended here (queer movie night, queers and beers, queers and qrafts) and it just makes me wonder how involved with their communities some people are. I don’t mean that in a bad way just. clearly there’s something off here.

it’s a worry too if there are young folk getting their heads filled with this ONLY learning about queer culture online, are they going to storm into these spaces (primarily being led by queer poc) and try to say everyone’s using slurs?

Thank you for this!!! I hope you don’t mind that I’m posting it I just wanted people to see that this is definitely not a well known issue outside of tumblr precisely because terfs have gotten a stranglehold of the tumblr community here. 

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thebookbinblog replied to your post “the-blackfoot-contessa: princessnijireiki: softwaring: ...”

On the bright side everybody should go read Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn because it’s Percy Jackson but Hawaiian and for adults.

thanks for the rec!

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