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i know a handful of you guys have asked if i’ll be selling prints, so i finally made an inprnt! here are some of the available prints i have listed!

Hey! Thanks for asking. Calling the clones "feral" (or other words that compare them to animals) is racist and fetishizing. Other creators have spoken about this, so I'm linking their posts below. They explain this better than I, a white woman, ever could.

Examples of how the clones are fetishized

Fetishization as a form of micro-aggression

How fetishization impacts poc's self-worth

Why Wrecker's portrayal as violent and animalistic is racist

Here are also some articles about this stereotype outside of fandom.

Professor Brendan Hokowhitu discusses how toxic masculine stereotypes are still used today

This article outlines how the media portrays Māori as being inherently violent.

This article outlines the history of the Brute trope in Western media.

And from one white person to another, please remember that just because we do not find a term to be offensive doesn't mean that it isn't offensive.

I miss my mama. I can imagine. But not my daddy. He was pitiful. Does that make me bad? Nope. No, it don’t.