Unpopular Opinion: Every time a black female character (especially if this black female character is dark skinned) enters into a relationship with the popular fan-favorite white male character usually one of three things happen a. the black female character is now headcanoned as a lesbian (never bisexual or queer or anything that would leave the character with the possibility of still entering into a relationship with a man) b. white male character is now shipped with other popular fan-favorite white male character/other white female character (the popular fan-favorite white male character is usually headcanoned to be bisexual and when he is, shipped with a woman that woman is always white) or c. black female character (and sometimes their actresses) is now being talked about as if they are the devil himself.
Wanting characters to explore their sexuality is fine but I always find it odd how this always happens when one member of the relationship is a black/blackish woman. *forgot to mention the suddenly polyamorous relationship the three (black female, white male and white male/woman) characters are now without a doubt in*
Anon you spoke nothing, but facts right here šš½
(The only thing Iād add is that they donāt just do this when the woman in question is with a white man, see Namor and Shuri and the backlash some shippers got for shipping them).
You arenāt the only one who has been noticing this trend.
I say trend loosely because really just a new stereotype to add to the bunchš
It would be one thing if it was a want for actual representation, but every time now like clockwork. as soon as they see a Black woman who looks like sheās going to have a romantic arc with said popular fandom man, boom she must be gayš
Hell, itās getting so bad that these shows/movies are automatically just writing their Black women characters in that way.
If people canāt see how this can be harmful/dangerous, thatās cool, but anytime you want to paint all of a group a certain way and wonāt show them in any other setting, thatās how you end up birthing new stereotypes.
This isnāt creating diversity. Itās limiting it(once again).
Itās so all or nothing with our media representation. Black women donāt want to be shown as one thing(which seems to go right over most peopleās heads).
We just want the same opportunities as everybody else and not to be put into one or two narrow boxes of acceptable characterization that doesnāt threaten the status quo(aka you can't have Black women looking desirable especially not when there is an available white woman right there next to her).