#hprpcoc

Sirius: What, what?!

Sirius: You stole my lighter!

Sirius: Well then I didn’t take your nail polish.

Marlene: Fine.

Sirius: Fine.

Her first subject: Mister James Potter.

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“That being said...”

poc do not get enough cosplaying opportunities as it is!! there are very few characters of colour in mainstream media and most of them play into harmful stereotypes which most poc can't relate to/don't feel comfortable cosplaying. it's like how Zendaya auditions for a lot of roles made for white people because poc don't get those opportunities because no one writes our stories. not only does cosplaying characters of colour take away from cosplayers of colour, it also whitewashes an already predominantly white community - it is so hard for cosplayers of colour to gain the same kind of traction and attention as our white counterparts and we get racist and colourist comments far too regularly as it is - white cosplayers cosplaying as non-white characters only makes it harder for us. most cosplayers of colour tend to leave cosplay groups/communities or become inactive because of the lack of cosplaying opportunities/support and subtle racism. white cosplayers cosplaying as characters of colour also (intentionally or not) makes room for Blackface, brownface, yellowface, cultural appropriation, etc - it makes it seem like it's okay for white people to use parts of our cultures and identities - we get the abuse, they get the credit.

if they still refuse to listen and learn, send them my way, I just wanna talk :)

other creators of colour, feel free to add on.

also feel free to send this to white creators who you know have been pulling this shit.

- Five minutes Later, in the Hufflepuff Common Room -

Well now. It seems like there’s a lot of damage control to be done... so Andromeda’s offline!

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