TW: mentions of racism, scathing language, overall anger
You morons really did it, huh? To make matters worse, you continue to do it. If you really didn't want POC in a fandom, you might as well say that to our faces. It's pretty low of you to use gross, disrespectful language to a POC in a fandom circle and then not listen to their pleas of you know...stopping that.
Hi, ATLA and LOK fandom. It's you.
Of all the asinine things I am accusing you of, it is racism. It is ignoring POC. It is using platforms that are supposed to be a safe space for content creators who are POC or otherwise to express themselves and harassing them for their valid views. It is selectively hearing POC. It is choosing to push POC to the side and not letting them be angry when they have every right to be.
Microaggressions are one thing, and can be remedied with time and effort and understanding because a lot of the times these things are just simply unknown. But abuse? Blatant racism? Attacking people for having views, for being who they are, and calling them known racist slurs? That's unforgivable.
Until the ATLA Renaissance, I never expected this out of this particular fandom. Lo and behold, I guess I'm the naïve one. I'm sorry, what year is it again? Did we not just go through 2020? Were all the protests on police brutality against the black community not enough for you? ("Only justice will bring peace." -Avatar Kyoshi) Are we not currently living in a world where the tag #StopAsianHate is an actual thing? Are we also not currently trying to survive through a pandemic?
I guess I really thought better of you ATLA/LOK fandom. You are aware that this show has an all POC cast, right? Are you delusional to think otherwise?
To be a fan of a story that preaches equality, peace, freedom, and balance, I would think that we were all on the same page here. Apparently we're not.
Apparently there are some actual toddlers here. Whiny, awful, toddlers that need their hands held and that will never learn a lesson after being told that what they're doing is bad. You few out there, whoever you are, you are disgusting.
Get out. You don't belong in this fandom. You don't belong anywhere, least of all hanging out in an inclusive environment.
If all you wanted was to see fandom spaces wiped of POC, then create your own racist trash bin in some other septic tank where your stench can keep up with the other shit.
Your stupidity is the reason why POC leave the internet, why we leave fandom, why we stop creating.
I did not need to see person after person leave the fandom disheartened for the last few months. I did not want to see friends hurt by your poison. I don't want to see it again. Yet, I just did.
If you're complacent, then you're part of the problem.
