#-ignore us about this in particular and it feels like we're idk too unseemly for you now?
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Reblogging after having reblogged previous posts on the matter so people can scroll down easier to find them
See, when other fans in our spaces don't back us up, don't engage in dialogue with us about general racism and orientalism, treat our posts talking about our issues as something to politely avoid and wait till it's old news etc, the fandom gets emboldened about saying hateful shit to us, about saying racist shit to us, and a lot more. And that's a collective responsibility, because people are feeling emboldened in your communities to be mask off racist and hateful, and you're being a bystander
I won't hide the name, because this person has come into my inbox to be hateful, you wanna be hateful you get blasted, that's on you. But I sure as hell am I gonna post that fucking sticker a thousand times more now since clearly not enough of you have seen it. Since clearly too many people are still hoping they can stay quite and vague about it and be seen as neither controversial not problematic, nice safe space in the middle there. Well, I'm not feeling particularly safe in your spaces but hey, I like to look on the positive side of things, at least all this has shown me who my allies are and who are completely fine letting this behaviour carry on, which at least is safer than to be left guessing.
Be better for fuck's sake, if there's people in your community on your posts on your tags etc etc feeling comfortable enough saying racist shit and sending hate to poc fans over pointing out racist behaviours maybe you should consider that vague posts about the general spectre of "racism" aren't gonna cut it with the solidarity when you avoid us like the plague while we talk directly about racism in this community. You're showing your face, no matter how much you think you may be flying under the radar rn
#like really it's been: non western fans vent about general environment of being sidelined and hurt by dnp's remarks#then buncha people start making condescending posts about us (btw anyone who has owned up and apologised already:#all the love to y'all we aren't looking to hold onto anger either)#then we have to defend ourselves about venting on our own blogs#then we start getting backlash in comments and asks and all#and now we're being made to feel hysterical and treated like we're 'starting drama' or whatever while many people we considered friends-#-ignore us about this in particular and it feels like we're idk too unseemly for you now?#and it sucks even more because I've loved creating for this fandom and I was SO excited about a bunch of things i had planned#to create over here but now I get all anxious and sad when i think about it and i don't want that experience spoiled either#geez guys we don't want to have to be doing this either
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