long tangent but y'all have got to stop saying that white washing and “black washing” are equally bad.
when someone lightens up a dark skinned character that has roots of racism and colorism cause you’re saying that lighter skin is more prettier than darker ones. doing that to characters of color is basically erasing the already very little rep in media. That’s Bad.
when someone darkens up a light skinned character that has no roots to racism and colorism. there’s no such thing as opressing light skinned folk. there’s no such thing as “black washing”. most people who do this are POC who want more darker skinned representation in a light skinned world. i.e. darkening Midoriya BNHA’s skin to connect more with him. (btw saying this is an example of erasing his asian race is dumb cause dark skinned Asians exist. dark skinned mixed people exist.)
people who suggest that “black washing” is real honestly don’t care when white washing happens. or they use multiple excuses to justify why this character is lighter when it boils down to racism and colorism.
