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cosmics-beings · 2 years ago

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when nonblack artists (especially white) draw nonhuman characters black or racebend characters black they really need to ask themselves why they subscribe certain traits (like aggression, stupidity, arrogance, largeness, etc.) to black versions of those characters and why they view kinder, wise and morally ambiguous characters as white or lighter skinned.

(kinda unrelated but it also slips into shipping (esp in mlm stances). like why are you making the larger/dominant one black and the smaller/submissive one white or lighter. )

this isn't a jab at anyone , but i just implore some artists to asks themselves why they see a character being aggressive and dangerous and automatically assume that character is black.

at the end of the day you don't even have to listen to me - draw what you want. i am just a faceless icon on tumblr dot com.

#fandom racism #i guess?#idk i was looking at some human formers art and some nonblack people's handling of megatron #esp prime vs bay megatron - like you have bay megatron the more aggressive one as black #but the more level headed and wiser versions of him are white #personally EYE see all cybertronians as black and just as a black person i've always felt that when i was little #but that's just me #im always sorta iffy on this topic #i love seeing black art of characters i identify with esp someone like mega - and by identfiying with him i mean like before he became a #maniac like he wanted equality at first and that is where my identification stops #BUUUT #blackness shouldn't be equated to certain traits #especially aggression etc.#and it's like even in my personal view of him i'd draw him black (a light complexion) because again i see all of them as black #becuase i've seen them as black since i was a kid #but i am always looking at how people who are not black typically see a character being aggressive and decide they should be drawn as black #in their human form #and the other characters aren't drawn as black

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