Hi there, you don't have to answer this, we understand it may be controversial. My friend is questioning a DR1 character but is worried it may not be okay as she is not Japanese, would the mods have any input? Thank you even if you can't answer. 💜
hm, okay yeah! this is a pretty controversial theme.
first of all, i would recommend iding/kinning characters that aren’t coded as any race or coded as white, (ie: widowmaker, pearl) if you aren’t poc.
i’m poc, i’m latino, but that doesn’t mean i get to id as japanese characters and get away with it. sonia, for example, is white; she’s from an european country. my kins are for coping, although i do still have memories, and they’re a huge part of my identity.
latinos and asians experience a very different type of opression, too. i do not claim to be the races of my kins, or knowing what they go through.
it’s a very complicated theme, just that if you’re white, you don’t face any oppression or anything at all really. so it’s kinda … to see white people iding outside their race. i haven’t seen any whites iding as lance, sombra or other latinx characters but if i did i’d probably be pretty mad. or just go chill with it.
i guess it’s fine? i can’t really stop you but i won’t judge you or anything since i’m not japanese. and there are a lot of non coded or white coded characters that you can kin/id as if you’re white, just in case you say anything about how there aren’t any (because there ARE.)
so, basically, preferably try not to if you’re white. if you have to, then don’t claim to be their race or knowing what they go through (ESPECIALLY the latter if you’re white). but, i would really appreciate it if anyone who’s japanese could tell us their opinion! since i really shouldn’t get my hands on this, considering that i too id outside my race.
mods, any thoughts? - mod nevermind