#justracistfandomthings

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White Creatives When POC Ask For More Representation:

White People When Art Created By, For, and/or About POC Is Successful:

But POC Are Still Happy, Supporting Each Other, and Making That Paper Like:

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That Moment When You Randomly Stumble On Racist Garbage In A Fanfic

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Seeing A Fandom Getting Too Ridiculous Like: 

But It’s Not *Your* Fandom, So You Try To Mind Your Business Like: 

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Typing Up A Response After You See Racism In The Tags Like:

Posting It, But Being Scared Because You’re A Coward and Don’t Want To Start No Mess Like: 

But Then Someone Reblogs It and Adds Good Commentary, So You Can Be Like:

And As Soon As Someone Else Comes Through With The True Facts, You’re Like:

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I Love “_”...BUT*

*Because there’s always a BUT. 

Closely related to “Am I the only one???” and occasionally used in the same sentence. May also invoke the “I Want” Modifier.

I love [insert Character Of Color]... BUT  I don’t see them with my White Fave.

I want to love [insert media with majority POC characters]... BUT it’s too preachy and didactic for me to truly enjoy.

I love [insert Character Of Color]... BUT I’d prefer them to die instead of my white fave.

I love [insert Character of Color]... BUT story lines or episodes focusing on them don’t interest me.

I want to love [insert Character Of Color]... BUT that one thing they did suddenly made me hate and find them completely unsympathetic, even though I normally don’t react as harshly when white characters do the exact same thing.

I love [Insert Female Character Of Color]... BUT I literally don’t ship her with anyone. She doesn’t need to be in a relationship; she’s too strong and romance will cheapen her.

Add yours!

-Mods P. and Finn

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The Good News: Richonne is canon!

Unfortunately, the review on the AV Club has only been up for two hours, and though there are a ton of super pumped and vindicated people in the comment thread, there are also plenty of “I don’t see any chemistry/relationship didn’t develop organically/Michonne is a Strong Woman and doesn’t need to be in a relationship/they seem more like brother and sister/I wanted Rick and Michonne to have a strong platonic and domestic relationship without the romance” comments. 

Does anybody have a scorecard for “Predictable Reactions To Black Female Character Hooking Up With White Male Lead” bingo? Because I think I found them all.

-Mod Finn

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Person: I’m not racist, but--

Me: