#anti racist media

[giantkillerjack]

Me researching the history of racism in movies PRAYING that the Algorithms That Be don't misinterpret me searching "anti-Black media" as an aspirational choice.

Brb deleting my browser history so Google doesn't think I'm a tradwife...

[tma-thoughts]

Im on season 2 of mash and ive determined that if this show came out today the same people who watched it religiously in the 70s would call it woke propaganda

[the-witch-of-woods-beyond]

genuinely disgusting how people in the asoiaf fandom are openly prejudice to so many people and say the most vile and disgusting things but think it's okay because they hide their views behind fictional characters.

[hadesoftheladies]

white saviourism bothers me for the exact same reasons stories where male heroes save women from sexual/domestic violence bothers me. they center themselves in the story and plight of the oppressed while wearing the face of the oppressor and insist that doesn't make those stories propaganda in favour of the oppressing class

it's only ever about soothing the anger of the oppressed and the guilt of the oppressor. it is cowardly and pro-status quo ultimately. it is anti-allyship and anti-liberation

[artist-issues]

Snow White's Race and Skin Color Are Not Integral to the Story.

They're just not. It doesn't matter if she's brown or black or white or literally anything in color. Im sorry. I know it's a talking point, but it's not a very good one if you know how many different cultures have stories with the exact same point and themes as the popularized German version that Disney's is based off of.

I know, I know, it's in the name, her NAME is "Snow White," how can whether or not she's white not be a thing?? Because the point of Snow White is not "she's white." The point of Snow White is, "she's pure and beautiful." And the popular version just uses the symbolism of "Snow" to make that point with a clever name. She could also have been named after her "blood-red lips" or her "ebony-black hair."

But they didn't name her "Blood-Red." They named her "Snow White." Because the point wasn't really on the way one specific feature looked--it was on who she was. Pure.

It's a story about purity. So sure, the Disney version--and the only versions in any cultures that can lay accurate claim to the title "Snow White--" depict the lead character with white skin.

But that really only matters to the story if you're trying to associate her, by look, with the color of snow. Which you don't strictly need to do. Because the color of snow is not the only way to communicate "this girl is pure and innocent."

Any skin color can go into portraying that. There's lots of different ways to say "pure and innocent."

NOW

You can say, "but this proves that the Live Action Disney creators are racist against white people now; they're erasing white people culture! They're erasing white people history! They're just being ridiculous, because the word "white" is in her name!"

You can say all that if you feel like it. But those are different issues than the one I'm talking about, and for the sake of argument, it should be very clear: The STORY does not need the Princess to have pale skin in order to work.

(The character doesn't even need pale skin for her name to still be "Snow White," because again, the snow-and-white-thing was only a word picture for "purity." Her name could also be "Silver" or "Salt" or "Refined Gold" or "Filtered Water." It would all serve the same purpose. It just maybe wouldn't have the double-ness of the meaning unless her hair is refined gold-colored or her eyes are the color of filtered water or something. You get what I'm saying)

[thehollowwriter]

The "the curtains are just blue!" crowd make me so relieved English is taught the way it is at our school. Whenever we do poetry, for example, we always take a look at who the poet it and their background, mainly for an idea of how that would have impacted the poem they are writing. We've done many anti apartheid poems, and the authors were in fact around during apartheid and either in the various uprisings or critiquing the government through their work, for example "In Detention" by Chris Van Wyk. Like you can't possibly sit through all that and say the curtains are never blue 😭😭😭

[hussyknee]

In one of the 647968 posts going "What You Like Says Nothing About You" (broadly agree) the first comment in the reply section was, "well I'm never going to apologize for being a Swiftie and a Reylo and Destiel shipper and Snape fan and loving ACOTAR and LOTR and Hamilton and B99" and I'm like, actually being this much of a pathological white liberal makes you the exception to this rule 😭😭

[angelfacemjj]

*Kicks the door ultra aggressively.* YOU! 🫵🏽 Yes, you, soldier of love: Michael Jackson didn't write Man In The Mirror, Heal The World, They Don't Care About Us and the entire HIStory album for you to thirst over those Ferrero Rocher sponsorship pants! Go politicize yourself, NOW!

[saturnshari]

tiny fandom rant

thinking abt how being an Intellectual Brown woman isolates me from fandom experiences bc since i call out orientalism/racism against swana and my people in media that makes me too "anti" but the shit id be into and ship since i was 13 would land me 100ft deep into "proship" territory....

[bookishfeylin]

That anon really reminds me of something I've been contemplating a lot lately, to be honest, and it's that we need to treat racist media differently or else it's never ever going to improve. Instead of saying "it's okay to consume 'x' so long as you're aware of the harmful stereotypes 'x' is spreading because all media is problematic to some degree uwu", if a piece of media has any racist stereotypes or perpetuates any racist narratives period no one should buy it at all. And no do not come on here with bad faith arguments conflating media that perpetuates racism with media that discusses or critiques or is commentary on racism. There is a difference, and most discerning people know that as well. Stop being disingenuous. Racist narratives and stereotypes continue because popular creators like SJM and the booktok faves have no incentive to improve because people buy whatever they put out, regardless of how damaging it is, regardless of what racist narratives their works spread from "having darker skin is ugly" to "fighting against oppression makes you just as bad as the oppressors." So I'm waiting for the day we all collectively just. Boycott racist media. All of it. Boycott Throne of Glass and ACOTAR and beyond publishing to television and Hollywood and boycott all new media that comes out that perpetuates racist narratives. Or more specifically, media where the audience note something is racist and the creators refuse to respond to said criticisms. We need to boycott it ALL, no matter how "fun" it is, no matter how much you like it, and demand better.

[veone]

I will say this, you can do whatever you want with your game but don’t post it online if you can’t handle someone speaking to you at about it in a non positive manner, like it’s online everyone anonymous for the most part they will say anything under the damn sun. Get thicker skin if you’re going to be online.

[bukayo-saka]

anyone else find it weird and upsetting that so many people joke about how black english players "should" play for a different country? is it just me? its just makin me feel real fuckin weird

[jynjackets]

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[ispyawildmars]

ok y'all, we need to get it together. there's only group on this platform who we've decided arent the experts on the bigotry they face. who get told that their experiences of oppression are their own fault, or that they're being too sensitive or need to get over it and we (the general we) DONT see that as ridiculous.

it's Jewish people. and that's antisemitism, plain and simple. why some of y'all can't wrap your heads around this is beyond me, and honestly disingenuous

[alternativeulster]

swiftie mutuals please know that i still love you i just cant help but be a hater