FablesandDreams

Reverence | Jealousy

White people making “teehee I’m ALMOST being racist but I’m NOT” jokes will always be deeply unfunny because it relies on acknowledging the history of harm while people have done to black communities throughout centuries and your own power to commit that harm, and somehow finding that funny. It’s like fake out punching. The joke is “I could be hitting you! But I’m not! But the fact that you’re scared is hilarious!”

That being said, to the best of my knowledge this is not a pattern, and making twitter threads about your outrage over a single clip that is seven years old feels deeply performative especially if you are white yourself. Activism is not a competition of outrage. It is action.

Lastly, I am the whitest white person you have ever met. That you are coming to ME to absolve you of any guilt for continuing to like a TV show or an actor is ridiculous. My follower count does not give me that right, nor is it my responsibility. You have to deal with the knowledge that someone you admired is capable of shitty actions. There is nothing for me to do about that

Zoophobia announcement made during a panel at LVL UP EXPO April 24, 2026.