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kids of color, you’re allowed to get a bitey when a white friend does something racist. literally 0 percent of people of color are obligated to be nice and palatable for white people. holding your tongue in the name of kindness doesn’t really do much in regards to stuff like this because white people are going to see you calling out their own racism as unkind anyways. white people, if a person of color comes off as aggressive while calling you out for racism, just fucking listen to them. they’re not coming from nowhere, and believe it or not: they know more about racism than you do! shocker, i know. just thickskin it, because it’s really not about you.

white ppl can rb but keep your damn mouths shut

The notes on this post get a 0 for reading comprehension. There’s probably a pretty good reason OP deactivated, unfortunately.

probably the worst attitude tumblr unintentionally cultivates is "the world out there is completely dangerous for you and no one can possibly understand you, so you should isolate yourself from it and avoid interacting with it as much as possible"

everyone has to constantly unlearn misogyny dipshit it came free with living in the fucking patriarchy

I am going to make rant art about something I noticed and I need you all to engage with it in good faith or so fucking help me.

Has racism in fandom gotten worse or have you been more online than in the past? Because it's been so bad for me in the past that I skip a great deal now. Also, people acknowledge it even less. Especially on this site. This site is VERY ADVANCED in ignoring racism and ignoring outcries about racism in fandoms. And it always has been, but there used to be more POC here than there are now. That might also make it seem like the racism has gotten worse. The white people have gotten to such a number in most spaces that finding people who care about racism will always be one of the lesser concerns within pretty much all fandoms. But other things? Particularly the things that might affect THEM - Yes, those are things that they care about. I don't think they're any worse, but I do think that they're... cooler with ignoring things regarding race if they care about other social issues, because they feel justified in ignoring racism and often believe that caring about any other issue exempts them from caring about racism

Shit, the way things are going, racial slurs, racist jokes, and the N word have become socially acceptable too. The bar, already in hell, has gone lower and still!