Huge LOSER

Project W

I think it's completely understandable and should be encouraged to no longer be in support of a creator if they've been racist no matter how long ago they've said these things in the past/ how extreme it was if they aren't able to properly take accountability and telling Black people to "just get over it" because you like these creators is parasocial and dismissive as fuck.

You cannot just say something was 6 years ago when the creators involved were all adults then and refuse to take proper accountability NOW, I think it's a very privileged and ignorant mindset to be able to forgive something like this so easily and usually this comes from white people in fandom. (Look up "I'm not Touching You Racism")

The argument that these creators are people too should also be looked at differently. They are people but they're also public figures/people with influence, when so many eyes are on you, you CANNOT be seen as just another person when you have influence on a big amount of people around you; Public figures should be held at a much higher standard.

I think that the complaints from the creators themselves being harassed for being racist is ultimately making things worse for the demographic they were racist to, especially when black people in fandom spaces have been the end of constant harassment for just existing for YEARS and ARE getting harassed for speaking their dislike on it. (yes it's also bad the creators are being harassed, but two things can be exist at the same time.)

Black people should not have go at insurmountable lengths to justify their right to enjoy a piece of media that isn't racist and to have space in a fandom that welcomes them just as much as others. Black people should not have to excuse racism from these creators out of fear of harassment or just because it's so normalized that these creators are usually racist.

I'm not black myself so I might get things wrong, at the same time it's not the responsibility of black individuals to educate me or others on ignorance but my own.

I think it's completely understandable and should be encouraged to no longer be in support of a creator if they've been racist no matter how long ago they've said these things in the past/ how extreme it was if they aren't able to properly take accountability and telling Black people to "just get over it" because you like these creators is parasocial and dismissive as fuck.

You cannot just say something was 6 years ago when the creators involved were all adults then and refuse to take proper accountability NOW, I think it's a very privileged and ignorant mindset to be able to forgive something like this so easily and usually this comes from white people in fandom. (Look up "I'm not Touching You Racism")

The argument that these creators are people too should also be looked at differently. They are people but they're also public figures/people with influence, when so many eyes are on you, you CANNOT be seen as just another person when you have influence on a big amount of people around you; Public figures should be held at a much higher standard.

I think that the complaints from the creators themselves being harassed for being racist is ultimately making things worse for the demographic they were racist to, especially when black people in fandom spaces have been the end of constant harassment for just existing for YEARS and ARE getting harassed for speaking their dislike on it. (yes it's also bad the creators are being harassed, but two things can be exist at the same time.)

Black people should not have go at insurmountable lengths to justify their right to enjoy a piece of media that isn't racist and to have space in a fandom that welcomes them just as much as others. Black people should not have to excuse racism from these creators out of fear of harassment or just because it's so normalized that these creators are usually racist.

I'm not black myself so I might get things wrong, at the same time it's not the responsibility of black individuals to educate me or others on ignorance but my own.