ngl it rubs me the wrong way when non-black people start criticizing black paywallers specifically for "paywalling diversity". being against the paywalling itself, sure, that makes sense. but who are you to take it upon yourself to not only criticize black creators (seemingly exclusively) but also then lead a project of converting black hairs in the name of "diversity"? Right after running off a black creator and talking about the black simmers involved "pulling the race card"? How is it bad for them to talk about the impact of race when you were the one to specifically highlight diversity as being relevant in the initial conversation? Why are you suddenly the savior the black community should be praising? Why are you in charge of providing "diversity" and "representation" that isn't even part of your own culture?
mind, i'm more on guard because there is a history of anti-paywall people exclusively targeting black paywallers- such as MAGA Mack famously creating a list of just black paywallers to harass & leak cc from. obviously, i'm about as anti-paywall as it's possible to be, pretty sure everyone knows that by now. but it isn't lost on me that, for some reason, black paywallers seem to get an extreme amount of hate and pushback compared to non-black paywallers. There are white ppl out here every day pushing out black hairstyles behind paywalls- shouldn't you be criticizing them first, if the main issue is really about paywalling diversity?
also, another funny thing is- sheabuttyr, whose hairs are being converted in this project, is also a paywaller (early access). isn't it kinda ironic that you're praising her as a fan, yet calling gloriana "disgusting" for "paywalling diversity"? Isn't sheabuttyr doing the same thing, then? Or are they too well liked by the general public for you to criticize? What exactly is the difference? Did you just not really think about your argument as much as you're portraying? Because it'd probably be a good idea to sit down and really think about your reasoning for a while before jumping into something like this again. Especially if you're going at it from a race & representation related perspective.
