#oh boy we haven't even touched on anti-blackness and racism among white women and in queer communities huh

[khizuo]

the day when mcyt fans stop pretending that being marginalized for being a woman/queer/disabled on the internet is the same as being marginalized for race is the day I will find peace.

this is not to say that we should stop discussing internet misogyny or queer and disabled marginalization at all. we should be discussing it constantly and calling it out and trying to make a more welcoming space for women and queer and disabled people in the community. however, I never see mcyt fans extend that same consideration to cc's who are marginalized due to their race, especially black and brown cc's, and I'm honestly kind of tired of it.

and the fact is that internet racism and algorithmic colorism is a huge fucking issue that mcyt fans feel happy to ignore because "oh look I watch a bi woman streamer! my content intake is diverse!" and yes watching women and queer and neurodivergent people in the mcyt community is absolutely better than only watching a neurotypical straight white men all the time, but that does not excuse the community from scrutiny if all the most popular queer women streamers also... happen to be white.

I also see this happen a lot where fans will jump to the defense of neurodivergent streamers by using the marginalization that comes from their neurodivergence as a shield. newsflash: your white male cc having adhd does not make them just as or more marginalized than poc, especially neurodivergent/disabled poc, and thus it feels a little... :// when people constantly try to use their adhd as a shield when these white male cc's get into controversies. (as a person who is not neurodivergent as far as I know, I welcome people who are neurodivergent to make this point of mine better! please tell me if I am being insensitive.)

again, this is not to say that we should ignore ableism in the community and stop trying to make disabled and neurodivergent people feel comfortable as cc's and fans; or that we should demonize neurodivergent behaviors which the cc's exhibit. it's really fucking important to make the community as safe as possible for neurodivergent and disabled people. it's just that again, that same consciousness of marginalization should be extended to people of color in the community. we should be trying just as hard to make poc, especially black and brown people, feel welcomed in the community. and that isn't happening.

the fact is that white supremacy and white privilege are the foundation of the shitty modern world as we know it, including internet communities. the mcyt community is not exempt from this conversation just because it's more welcoming of queer and disabled people. in fact, it's extremely important to have this conversation in the context of intersectionality — how marginalization and oppression works at the intersections of race, queerness, womanhood, and disability. and those conversations aren't really happening rn.

so basically: please let's make mcyt less white.

disclaimer: I am a queer, mentally ill Asian person. I am not neurodivergent as far as I know, although I suspect I may be. If I have said anything here that is insensitive or harmful to a community, especially a community I am not a part of, please let me know and I will edit my mistake and take accountability immediately.