Okay my intro post is going to have to wait. I was doing a quick check in tags and found this.
Sparklythingmap made a new map flag. Watch out for this flag and stay safe everybody!
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.
…or they think reverse racism is real 😩
TL;DR:
Can we talk about this?!
HEY remember in WWII when Jewish people were fleeing Germany and the USA put a quota on how many Jewish immigrants they would accept because they were worried there were too many Jewish people coming over to the USA???
Reminder that the USA has always been fucking garbage to immigrants and basic humanity
Here’s how you can help:
Please reblog this. There’s a lot of arguing in the reblogs/replies, but no links to actual concrete ways to become of help to these people.
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would you guys like to see the greatest beanie baby poem ever written
For the record, this is runner:
Not at all what I thought it would be.
Exactly what I thought it would be.
Do Not call me a liar on my own post again!
It is a real poem! And it is magnificent.
