witchstormm

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[pain-adores-me]

Happy pride month to these two specifically!! Jason and Peter finally getting their pride moment together!!

[reactionimagesdaily]

[biracy]

Basically I think a lot of White ppl think the antithesis to racism is "Black people are inherently Cool, White people are inherently Lame" and it's just very hard to convince them that this is also extremely racist lmfao

[biracy]

It's the combination of "seeing a racialized group as Fundamentally Inherently Good is still dehumanizing and you aren't seeing them as people" and "your self-flagellating White guilt is extremely annoying for the people of color around you to deal with"

[dykerightsmp3]

the fact that Reylo discourse is now almost entirely 'is this ship toxic :)' always throws me off so much because I genuinely think the MUCH bigger issue with Reylo was that it pushed a black man to the side as Not Love Interest Material in favor of a white nazi. Like the issue is that shipping Reylo arrived transparently because people did not care about the black man – which I know, because the ship became popular before we even had The Last Jedi! When they'd barely interacted! If Kylo were black and Finn were white, Reylo would not be popular and it would never have become canon in any way, and I do think a refusal to grapple with that is honestly very embarrassing.

[spacebeyonce]

What Fandom Racism Looks Like: The Star Wars Fandom (Part One, Probably)

Few fandoms fill me with the kind of anger that the Star Wars fandom does. In fact, there are times where I’d go so far as to say that I hat

Quick Coverage: John Boyega Ends 2019 With a Bang (And a Hearty ‘Fuck You’ To Rey/Kylo Shippers)

Note: I have an ongoing thread about this entire situation and the fans’ responses that fully covers the majority of what this fandom’s been

What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Weaponized White Womanhood

With that much power already, it can’t be a surprise that many white women in fandom will do pretty much anything in order to keep the statu

stitchmediamix documented all the reylo fandom's wretched behavior as it happened, and oh! how they hated them for it!

[nyokoko]

Stitch is still being harassed about this btw.

[kalichnikov]

i wanna talk about this shot

[kalichnikov]

if forum signatures still existed this would be mine

[un-javi]

[karvina]

[teslaswife]

[shitposting-hobbits-to-gallifrey]

God fucking damn it

[bored-dromaeosaur]

[the-color-orange-offical]

[thegreenaper]

[rububble-yuri-central]

@loss-detector

[loss-detector]

[creatingblackcharacters]

In general another pet peeve of mine about whitewashing is how we're expected to believe that it was not visible to the artist.

Like, if it's maybe a tad bit lighter? Okay. I usually let that slide. God knows my mobile and my monitor look completely different, solutions ineffective so far. Maybe you're still learning skin tone vs background. Okay. I don't get upset at that.

But you had to go all the way to the other side of the color wheel for some of these whitewashings and you're gonna look me in my Black ass eyeballs and tell me you "couldn't tell". 😐 Especially when all the other colors are the exact same 😐 It's almost insulting lmao like do you really think I'm stupid enough to go for that, or are we all just socialized into knowing I'll be forced to 🤣

[creatingblackcharacters]

Visible difference, but, I can let slide with exceptions. ✅

😑 so I must truly look like Booboo the fool, to you. ❌

[creatingblackcharacters]

If you have questions, I have a lesson:

No, That’s Not ‘How Color Works’. - Whitewashing

[witchstormm]

Omg a redraw?? In the year 2026?? More likely than you think!! Original under the cut :]

[poobletoods]

i am no longer fucking asking

[poobletoods]

for all your no longer fucking asking needs

[buckygrayson]

"fox killed him. disney brought him back. they're gonna make him do this till he's 90." james ‘logan’ howlett/wolverine in DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024)

[ferocioustrout]

we are never going to be free from societal racism if yall keep convincing yourself that “blackwashing” is just as bad as whitewashing

[astrodidact]

[intheheartofman]

[wonderwanda]

I reblogged this yesterday, but I want to reblog it again. Diabetic ketoacidosis turns your blood acidic and will essentially burn you from the inside out.

The stories you hear of people dying from rationing, this is what happens to their body.

Affordable insulin isn’t just a right, it’s a necessity.

No one should have to die like that when it’s preventable with access to proper medication.

[cat-source]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTREjBoMr/

[roach-works]

(via @rockpapertheodore) #oh noooo i'm so hungryyyy if you don't feed me i might just have to eat this cabllllle#oh noooo i'm am eating the it oh nOOoooo#i am so starving and so hungry that i am eating your very important phone cable you don't want me to eat i am so sorry if only i had been h

[creatingblackcharacters]

Saw this book recommended, so I'm passing it on!

Racial Innocence by Tanya Katerí Hernández: 9780807020135 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might fre

Racial Innocence will challenge what you thought about racism and bias and demonstrate that it’s possible for a historically marginalized group to experience discrimination and also be discriminatory. Racism is deeply complex, and law professor and comparative race relations expert Tanya Katerí Hernández exposes “the Latino racial innocence cloak” that often veils Latino complicity in racism.

As Latinos are the second-largest ethnic group in the US, this revelation is critical to dismantling systemic racism. Basing her work on interviews, discrimination case files, and civil rights law, Hernández reveals Latino anti-Black bias in the workplace, the housing market, schools, places of recreation, the criminal justice system, and Latino families.

By focusing on racism perpetrated by communities outside those of White non-Latino people, Racial Innocence brings to light the many Afro-Latino and African American victims of anti-Blackness at the hands of other people of color. Through exploring the interwoven fabric of discrimination and examining the cause of these issues, we can begin to move toward a more egalitarian society.

The quote at the bottom about Latino leaders of white supremacist groups really is a good one. There's a conversation to be had about how people believe "Latino" automatically means "not white" (even though it's not a race), and that Latinos are incapable of antiblackness due to their own complex relationships with race and Whiteness. Conversations better held by Latinos- particularly Afro-Latinos- than I, but certainly something I feel is a constant misunderstanding (maybe even purposeful) that doesn't help.

[sevenlascaras]

I took a few classes by Professor Hernandez back when I was in law school! She's absolutely fantastic and one of the best voices on the history and politics of Latine racial identity. I can't recommend her work enough.

[starcanwrecked-confessions]

I don't think Corey being excited about playing Ben really negates the potentially racist undertones of having the only Black character be dead. The show isn't out yet, so we don't know how it's written, maybe it IS fine, but idk. As a Black person, I think it's weird that people think that "well Corey's happy!" is a reasonable defense against the concerns of many people of color in the fandom 🤷🏿

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[helsinore]

I’m starting to realize we may not all be ready for Racism 102, aka “often times, you don’t think ‘I’m going to be racist,’ you just act on it.”

It does not matter what other reasons you have for being racist. It was still racist. White people lashing out on people of color when In Their Feelings About Something is still racism. White people objectifying people of color for WHATEVER reason is still racism.

[tpwrtrmnky]

Reading a book where a character does a racist thing, but it's narrated in first-person and they're not saying "I racistly attack the person of color with racist intent" so clearly nothing racist could be happening

[taliabhattwrites]

It is also somewhat frustrating to see discussions of this framed in terms of mental health---almost exclusively white people's mental health, cited as a rationale for the racism---as though no person of color ever struggles with, for example, anxiety, depression, psychosis, or the simple stress of navigating society as a racialized person.

[cantfightfatetoo]

The Racist Fandom Starter Pack

A canon interracial couple exists "I just don't see their chemistry" proceeds to fanon ship [insert white character] instead, claiming they have more of a connection.

"It's not their skin color, I just don't like them for some reason, btw, here are my top 5 [insert white actors] I think are better suited"

"Not everything is about race". They say, as they prop up every white character over any character of color.

"Please stop bring race drama into the fandom". Which translates to, I'm comfortable in my racism and don't appreciate any criticism, thanks!

White person, "Yeah, I wrote character of color as an animal, doesn't make me racist".

"I love character of color, here's a fic where they act like as [insert white characters] servant/therapist".

Character of color is such a bad friend for having opinions of their own/taking care of themselves instead of putting their friend [insert white character] first.

A character of color is morally ambiguous or a villain, gets redemption arc. "They're awful and haven't been condemned enough of their crimes". Stans [insert white characters] who did the exact same crimes or was a villain who's redemption arc is praised.

"Can't believe that character of color had the nerve not to die as a selfless sacrifice for [insert white character]".

"POC actress/actor is too ethnic and they'd ruin the character".

"I haven't seen racism in the fandom therefore it isn't there".

"Character of color is the main character of the show sure, but let's be honest, everyone came for [insert white character]

"Character of color is alright but I can only relate to [insert white character]".

Feel free to add more, that you've come across. Sadly, it all runs together after awhile of being in a lot of fandoms. Special shout out to all who helped me with these comments!

[creatingblackcharacters]

"making character Black is inaccurate/offensive! I'm not racist, it's just facts!"

[xueyangapologist]

“that fandom is so annoying” i hate to break it to you but every fandom is annoying. all of them. if you’re in a fandom you’re annoying. i’m in several fandoms i’m extra annoying. everyone on this website is annoying.