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pandoratheprocrasticreator · 1 year ago

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anyway obviously ppl should act in good faith and not purposely make racist stereotypes of poc characters but i think a world where every poc character is under constant surveillance by an audience waiting to nitpick for evidence that the author is Secretly Racist, is a world where poc characters are not allowed to be interesting or compelling.

#shut up pandora #everything is a trope #there are so many stereotypes from different countries cultures etc etc etc #while its reasonable to do research about ethnic groups and cultures you dont know about before you write characters like that #just like its reasonable to do research about most things you dont know before you write about them #creators shouldnt have to be responsible for understanding every intricacy and nuance in the complete history of a group #if youre going to bully ppl for being well intentioned by maybe ignorant when they try to write rep for a group #congrats! you just scared away creators who would have written more rep!#and besides #the stereotype isnt the problem #the problem is reducing the character to a stereotype #the solution is to give them a personality #and also #yo what if ppl in that group fit the stereotype and want to see themselves represented #im chinese and im good at math and im bad at using forks and knives and my parents speak with very heavy accents #if i were a fictional character would yall bully the author for leaning into asian stereotypes

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