Public Use Jester, press the button to hear a joke!

the dragon's head snaps up as she sneezes, head tilting to the side, frills fanning out as she snarls in a quiet threat display. the girl looks down and mumbles something about how she didn't mean to offend, she was just curious and-

there's a muffled fwump as the dragon jumps down from the roof, landing on the ground in front of her and stalking towards her. she backs up, but not quickly enough, and then its sinuous tail is curling around her waist and pulling her off-balance, and she falls forward into the dragon's waiting arms

she makes an embarrassed squeaking sound as the dragon's head (longer than her legs) presses against her ear, snuffling and snorting as it tries to figure out how to clean her weird tiny frills that don't come forward right. it settles for just licking her ear clean, and she blushes. its snout moves lower, tongue happily laving at her neck, and then she gasps with surprise as it playfully grabs her arm in its hand-length teeth, pulling gently. she grips one of its horns and wiggles its head slightly, and it makes a curious chirping sound

You WILL be racist. You WILL do racist things. You have ALREADY done both. Learn and move on. There's no ideological purity you can hold on to, i promise. Proving you can take the criticism without making it a big deal and practice what you preach is better than any clean slate.

reminder that this is your failing and it's your responsibility to fix it, not the people who actually suffer because of the racism you perpetuate.

sigh. you are being racist. let me break it down for you.

the scenario is, as described by a white person, a racialized person being unreasonably angry with them for being racist. under a post saying that you need to not be a crybaby when you get told you're racist. the sheer fact that you not only granted credence to the white person's POV but felt compelled to step up to defend their aggressive ignorance should concern you.

you are extending an enormous amount of grace to the white person in this scenario while also excusing them from doing the same for the racialized person in the scenario.