I totally agree with your racebending post! The one thing is with steph the reason i started hcing her as black is cause i am and i really relate to her. and i started forcing my hc on my friends/mutuals and a lot of them started having it too (mostly other black fans). and with jason i know one of the big pushers of latino jason is a latina and loves jason, and the black jason hc came from a black fan. so i feel the point is really important, but we can’t ignore fans of color projecting
i totally agree with you, and that kinda wasnt my point. everyones welcome to project onto characters for all kinds of personal reasons and i super duper dont want to stop that, my main problem is with white fans looking at a character, and following their gut reaction without examining their implicit biases. like without taking a second to go “why do i see tim as asian”. is it because he’s wealthy? into tech? smart? why don’t you see him as black instead. is it because you don’t see black people as just as able to inhabit that space or possess those traits as other races? i just really think if youre going to race bend, more power to you. first of all: lets give some love to duke and cass, and canon characters of colour. then when you race bend, think about WHY you think the way you do. think about your biases before you do it.
this really applies to people who are not the same race as what theyre race bending. if you’re black and you project onto steph, thats wonderful!! please dont let me stop you. im jewish, and as far as im concerned so is the batfam. but like further than that? im out of my wheelhouse and need to be conscious of the things i say, why i say them, why i think them. i just think we need to be thoughtful (for the thousandth time)
