alien abduction survivor

however, prejudice, in this context, is preconceived judgment, suspicion, and hatred of a race. this accurately describes her attitude. she has her entire idea of the galra formed from the oppression she experienced in the hands of them. knowing that, it is merely unfair to keith as he has never participated in the oppression, feeling pushed out, but entirely personal to allura as one of the few remaining survivors of alteas destruction perpetuated by the galra empire.

Allura knows who the Galra are, Zarkon was her fathers closest ally and even friend, someone she would've considered as family. The fact that he blamed the destruction of his planet (the one he destroyed himself) onto Alteans, the people hes closest too, shows that Allura isn't acting out against race. These were people she grew up with and now is afraid of and suspicious of for the right reasons.

its not "unfair" to the BOM because they're the "good Galra". Notice that they themselves are Galra supremacists at first. They don't allow non Galra in their forces NOR do they go out of their way to help the people most harmed. Their focus is only being spies for the Empire and considering they're hiding their identities, they become bystanders for the empires actions therefore supporting it. It's not until Allura that they "change". (change as in help others but still have only Galra as their members hence why Keith has the privilege to join.)

It's also not "unfair" to Keith. Yes, he does not have any affiliations with the empire. However, he constantly benefits from just being Galra. Zarkon praises him TWICE, He gets to join the Blades and STILL hold his place as leader without comment, and its implied that his Galra side is what makes him "better". Keith holds privilege above Allura, and we know this because of episodes like "Hole in the sky" where Allura is framed as being in the wrong to Keiths right on Alteans. (its literally a reverse-racism episode). I'm glad you added that he doesn't experience racism! because its true! he experiences privilege instead.

Also your point with the BOM- yeah, their "rebellion" starts and ends with spying on the Empire. No helping hand to neither their own nor anyone else in the matter. They're just bystanders and therefore support the Empire and its actions. I admit that "unfair" is wrong to use since they literally do not gaf. Furthermore, The Blade's "Knowledge or death" and the Empire's "Victory or death" are direct parallels sharing the same idea with just one word change, ultimately making them both very militaristic and Galra supremacist. Ulaz was dismissed by Kolivan for not following the way of the Galra, that is, upholding the Galra and serving them.

And yes! Keith very much is privileged. I mean, even the writers made sure to center him as much as possible. With Allura giving him the cold shoulder, It's merely "unfair" to him as he's pushed away by someone he considers a friend. In any other way, he benefits from his Galran blood all the time, like you mentioned.

Knowing this, I think it's much more accurate to describe her attitude towards Keith and the BOM as more of suspicion, caution, and distrust. She's one of the few survivors of a genocide and systematic murder of a culture and people PLUS a black woman! Her expressing those things against the very people who destroyed her home is unequivocally valid. Black and brown people have been constantly experiencing racism from white people by microaggressions, being called slurs, beaten, genocided, colonized etc. throughout history and even today. It's not prejudice to act that way towards your oppressors and to call it "prejudice" is insulting to oppressed people as it implies they owe their oppressors something.

Another thing: I have an Ick with the way Allura's suspicion was portrayed. What I mean is that the show doesn't seem to try and sympathize with her as much as it does with Keith. Another example of Keith's privilege and the misogynoir in the show.

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