This isnât about robbing you of your âFreedom of expressionâ. Please understand that.  Honestly, if you tried to branch out a little youâd actually end up EXPANDING upon your creativity and artistic skill, instead of just limiting yourself to the same white, skinny headcanons you give to everything that breathes.
When you make characters that were blatantly representing black or other POC and whitewash them, youâre not âexperimentingâ. youâre not âjust being creativeâ.
When you whitewash, itâs not only ignorant and selfish, its racist as hell. Â and when someone tells you not to, they arenât limiting you and your ability to express yourself.. youâre limiting yourself by not expanding upon what YOU draw.
You canât use âsheâs an alien, though!â as an excuse, either. It doesnât matter that garnet is an alien; this is a character who is quite clearly representative of a black character. You cannot look at her and try to tell anyone otherwise.
Before you read one line of this and get all salty and think âyoure just oppressing MY art!!â Stop and think about who youâre actually oppressing when you take away what little representation people have just for the sake of your âââheadcanonsâââ.Â
You wanna be creative? you want realistic hair? you want to be able to draw garnet a lot of cool different ways? thereâs tons of ways you can be creative with her design while still respecting what she represents. shocking, i know.
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