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breadandblankets · 5 months

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this applies to real life too but you as a white (for a given definition of white) fan need to be willing to put in the effort to curtail not only your own racism but to a lesser extent the racism of others

fans of color have been doing this for years and it's an extra effort they have to put in just to participate in fandom, that's on top of the extra effort real life racism takes on a person

the bar for entry is not the same height for everyone

#it is privilege to not have to look out for racism/etc in your spaces #you should not be expecting free labor out of random poc on the Internet thats fuckin racism #you can ask for shit if they've opened themselves to it and if you pay them #okay rant over #also once again disclaimer that my state of color is a Hotly contested topic so take what i say with whatever grains of salt needed

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