#pro black

"Black people don't owe anybody anything... but an ass whooping."

this pride month, shout out to all black people, especially those in our own community and the queer community in general! you are remembered and appreciated.

lets make the radqueer community a place of radical acceptance for all races, and one that fights back against racism and anti-blackness. black people, thank you for being cool as fuck, and happy pride :)

Of course someone on Tumblr, a predominantly white platform, would issue a complaint about Clark from the Backrooms being written in a "raceblind" way.

Not every story involving a black person needs to include themes of racism. Everytime I see someone complain about a black character being written as "raceblind," I can guarantee 9 times out of 10 it is a white person complaining. The average black person does not like it when every single show that involves a person looking like them having to face racism, because racism is traumatic. For any white person reading this that cannot understand this concept, it would be like if every time a queer person was in media, they faced homophobia or transphobia. It is exhausting.

This is my honest perspective on Clark as someone who comes from a mixed family, but I recognized Clark. I recognized him from a lot of people in my family. It is genuinely a part of why I found myself sympathizing with him so much. All of the people in my life who I consider father figures are either Afro-Latino or African-American, so honestly if Clark was white, I don't think his story would've hit the same for me.

There are a million white guys in business casual that are misogynistic assholes. I see them all the time. There are probably another million white guys in movies that are high-masking alcoholics. Guys like Clark exist in real life, and I know that because I have met them. His writing wasn't race-blind, it was genuinely realistic, and it hit me as someone whose known people like Clark.