This is a direct message to the artist @blogjoehaze since they won’t answer asks like the coward they have proven themselves to be. Lack of a response and/or choosing to block me will further prove that you’re racist, immature, uneducated and God, I can go on. Don’t bother direct messaging this account. You can instead message an apology to all the people tagged in this post.
You can claim that your artwork is for yourself all you want but your recent Instagram and Tumblr posts prove otherwise. If your art is truly for yourself, keep it to yourself. Understand that recent events have nothing to do with you. Yes! People don’t actually give a flying fuck about who you are! I know, it’s hard for someone as egotistical as yourself to believe but bear with me for a moment.
We’re concerned about the lack of proper representation of Indigenous people in today’s world. Not you. We want to eliminate racists and racist beliefs from our fandom and the world. That includes you in case you once again couldn’t comprehend my plain English. I figured since you answer some English asks in Russian ( an immature and remarkably rude gesture btw) you sometimes were unable to speak and/or understand English or how to use Google translate. I’m sorry, that makes it seem like you’re mental, doesn’t it? Oh well, moving on!
You know what you’ve done but let me clarify since your inability to understand has become apparent in recent posts and asks…
You posted artwork of Piper McLean from the Percy Jackson series in a Pocahontas AU. Your mistake was you whitewashed and misrepresented a Native American character. Reasons for why this is apparent are listed below.
Her skin is too light and several people have told you this. You argued that you’re Russian so you weren’t aware and yet did nothing to change it and also blaming your lack of knowledge due to your location in the world was a poor response since it’s obvious you have access to the internet and therefore can research the topic at hand.
You brought up the fact that Piper was mixed and could possibly have a lighter skin tone. Gods don’t have DNA. Hazel Levesque is fully black, she’s not mixed just because Pluto is white. Again, Gods don’t carry DNA which makes her purely black. Yes, they can pass down their powers but they can’t pass down their physical appearances since they can change form, Aphrodite being a prime example.Even if Piper was mixed, she still would’t have such obviously white facial features and don’t worry, I’m about to get to that.
She has the features of a white person. Even if you did darken the skin tone, her facial features border onto white. Native Americans are known for having more prominent features, something you neglected to include
Piper was written to have “Kaleidoscopic eyes.” From this, you assumed she was mixed and/or white. Kaleidoscopic was Riordan’s way of saying she had heterochromatic eyes. Clearly, you failed to understand that concept as well.
Your racism became apparent when you had the Native American character placed in a Pocahontas AU. Several people have already informed you about the inaccuracy of Pocahontas’s story as portrayed by the Disney movie. Disney’s movie, Pocahontas is known for cultural appropriation. Don’t worry, you will be too if not already.
Several indigenous people messaged you how this artwork was offensive and hurtful to them but again, you ignored them. Even going as far as to argue with @discoursedmitri, a Native American.
Even after being told of these blunders, you continue to post knowingly racist art. Rather outstanding, I must say. To have hundreds of people tell you they were offended and hurt by it but you disregarded that in favour of “staying strong” and “standing your ground,” as if you’ve done nothing wrong.
Despite the character, Piper McLean, outright saying how she hated being called “Pocahontas” due to her Cherokee background, you included her in a Pocahontas AU. Again, this can be due to your poor ability to comprehend what you’ve read. Something that’s taught at a young age in schools in case you also weren’t aware of that.
Writing about people of color doesn’t automatically make you a non-racist because you still misrepresent them. Misrepresentation is what makes you racist, not just whitewashing.
Despite offending dozens of Indigenous people, you make yourself out to be the “victim” of the “toxic side of the pjo fandom.” No one is dissing your artwork, just what you’ve chosen to do with it. Your lack of proper representation is hurtful and your “supporters” are too cowardly to show themselves because they know they’re being racist and they know they would too get the amount of backlash you have.
The only thing I won’t bring up are the feathers in Piper’s hair. The author is to blame for that, not any of the artists who have portrayed Piper in that way.
I know, this post is very mean, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it’s the consequence to your actions. Now, most people know to take accountability for your actions. It doesn’t seem you do. Having hundreds of people tell you the same thing proves your racism. Pushing people of all ages (many younger than you) to explain your mistakes show how incompetent you can be.
Keep in mind, people only started threatening and cursing you when you ignored them or responded negatively to their feedback. By negatively, I mean by outright refusing to make any altercations to your art as well as not even attempting to see things from the perspective of the people you hurt. Again, as an artist posting to a social media platform, you have a responsibility to create art that is not offensive or hurtful in any way. It’s not catering to the fans. It’s understanding something from another’s perspective.
You weren’t being attacked because people didn’t agree with the skin tone. You were being attacked because you repeatedly offended indigenous people. But hey, you’re right, we can just block you. But, here’s thing, blocking you won’t help eliminate racism and misrepresentation nor would it force you to own up to your mistakes. Asking me to just block you is asking me to become a bystander to racism. I was a bystander when my friends went marching off to protests. I won’t be anymore. This single act is nothing compared to what my friends have done.
Since you will probably ignore this post like the idiot you’ve acted as, I’m tagging people who hold the same beliefs as me. These people, like me, believe you are a racist asshole and don’t deserve the privilege to own a blog on this site and to also be apart of the pjo fandom.
If you’re truly not racist, you’d take everyone’s comments into account and delete this post. The following people have already explained all of the above to you. You just ignored them.
To my comrades in the pjo fandom, feel free to add on to this post, in case I missed anything or in case you have something you want to say. Tag anyone I may have missed and thank you for calling out racism.
Let’s play a game since we’re all here. In the tags, put down your favourite character, book series, tv show and anime (if you watch anime). Thanks for playing!
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Every comment is deeply appreciated and only furthers the importance of prevalent racism and misrepresentation. Please also appreciate the time I took to create this post by posting it to Instagram and reblogging it on here. I didn’t tag so many people for only a few notes, keep in mind. I did this because I am passionate about spreading the message and eliminating racism. I understand that some of the things I said was offensive and I intended it to be so. I will take full accountability for it, unlike this artist. Please spread this message.
