#racial sensitivity

[hejee]

morrigan mansplaining elvhen culture while playing as lavellan hits so close to home (ily morrigan but this is not it 😭)

[comradekatara]

even KURUK was done so dirty by natla too - you know, going it alone in the spirit world was probably his greatest regret (though at least his animal guide was probably with him)

yeah my friend pointed out that the way roku was portrayed as uncharacteristically playful and charming while kuruk was just kind of flat and serious was not only mischaracterizing both of them in a way where if they had just reversed their personalities it would have made sense (what are they, zukka??) but indicative of anti-native racism by playing into the stoic native leader/elder trope even though that’s truly not what kuruk is at all, whereas roku is kind of the sage old asian man mentor, but you know, they do think to subvert THAT. no offense to ken leung and danny pudi who are innocent but this show was largely made by the most annoying asian americans, and it shows, such as in the fact that a single fire nation boat looks 100x better than the entire northern water tribe, or the fact that they uh. idk. cast a white guy to play sokka and didn’t even give a shit. justice for kuruk but also justice for every single water tribe character truly

[alwaysbewoke]

When I was in college, I let German tourists take pictures with me in my graduation gown. Even at the time I thought it was weird. But since my college years, I haven’t allowed strangers to take pics of me “just because” here or abroad. “Curiosity” means very little to me. People on the clock app were saying in China they actually have been known to post pics of Black people on WeChat to make fun of them. So, maybe not the best idea to let strangers take pics of/with you. Anyway, I wish you all safe, joyous, and comfortable travels. You deserve to see the world in peace just like anyone else.

x

[talesofwhimsy]

I'm 100 pages into Moby Dick and they just got on the goddamn boat

This book actually kinda fucks hard it's great?

[irithnova]

Imagine wasting your time making 15 FAKE ACCOUNTS JUST TO DO THIS HELPPPP

This is literally the definition of harassment but ok continue being obsessed Panda or like one of your friends or something

"You are becoming a bully" dawg you are a racial eugenicist

[fiapple]

society if dc hired a writing team of colour who could acknowledge the racial coding of starfire & raven, explore vic's status as a Black man in modern america who's specific disability further means his body is going to be read a certain way by certain people no matter what he does, along with potentially finding a way to sort through the racisim + fetishization that went into prior depictions of dick's heritage:

[saharathorn]

Very frustrating how racist my grandma can be.

[amethyinst]

up for the running in most insane nonchalant offhand random lines ive ever read in a fanfic ever

[masonsystem]

yes

[spurgie-cousin]

I recently fell down a very specific instagram rabbit hole of “family vloggers who live in RVs full time” and at least 70% of the ones I saw reminded me of fundie families trying to cram multiple kids into one bedroom, homeschooling, and any concerns from viewers about the living situation/the kids (mainly if they really want to be living that life, if they’re okay with cameras in their face all the time, how they’re doing with almost no privacy and scattered friends etc) is met with waves of other people going “stop judging! don’t be hateful! it works for them! leave them alone!” and the parents themselves ignoring the concerns and only acknowledging the praise.

Like the venn diagram of fundies and family vloggers is probably close to being just an overlapping circle at this point, just without the religious parts…or who knows, maybe there’s a “fundie RV family vloggers” account out there. I climbed out of the rabbit hole before I got that far and I’d be perfectly okay with never stumbling across it

I 100% agree, I've been down that rabbit hole too and there are actually so many of those families that I consider to be a new twist on fundie families. Many of them are homeschooling bc they believe public schools will "indoctrinate" their kids, many of them use the same homeschooling curriculum as a lot of fundies, many of them prescribe to the Duggar-esque philosophy of bare bones child rearing in the parental relationship and personal space sense..

I feel like it's the new acceptable way to be a fundie parent, because it seems exciting and harmless to most people and they're usually making fun videos w/ cool music in tank tops, but when you're familiar with fundie families those red flags start going up immediately lol. I remember seeing one family that literally had kids sleeping in the tiny ass RV bathtub and on the floors every night bc they just didn't have enough bed space, and they were hella Christian homeschoolers but because they dressed like normal people it just kind of went over most people's heads.

I feel like RV life is also a new way for these kind of families to mitigate the increasing cost of living when they have extremely expensive life choices, esp since it can be branded as a Fun Adventure! for the kids. When I think about growing up that way though with a million siblings in these van sized homes though I mean, it just seems like a breeding groundfor all kinds of future issues y'know?

[lunalycana]

Every time I'm forced to see Sonic depicted as a white boy my soul temporarily leaves my body.

[tarisbackyard]

Easily one of the worst videos I've ever seen on YT was about two USAmericans coming to NL and visiting de Efteling, followed by them sitting in their hotel room crying because they saw a racist caricature of a black person at the park. They filmed themselves. Crying. In their hotel room.

And the bit went for several minutes. They weren't even talking to the camera for a good chunk off it. Just showing themselves sitting in seperate spaces of the room, not interacting with the camera, sobbing their precious little hearts out. Demonstrating to the world how their Poor Innocent Souls could not handle such blatant racism.

[radioconstructed]

⌖ Ah, I'm being #CANCELTHERADIODEMON'ed for gentrifying cannibalism AGAIN! How many times will I be cancelled for the SAME THING!?

⌖ If any dedicated members of the Alluminati want to use CIA revolution-busting tactics to SHUT THIS DOWN, go ahead! Get everyone BOGGED DOWN in DISCOURSE! The more GRASSLESS your reply is, the better!

[alwaysbewoke]

the idiocy is killing kieran lmaooo

[samuraijackpostdump]

I miss Jack

[silentreigns]

Why does AlphaTauri keep making promotional posters with the rising sun flag symbolism? You got a Japanese driver quit doing that shit, I know the social media admins see the comments