#like dang black & poc can't imagine themselves in a world of dragons and eleves without being told “but that's not accurate” | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

sukibenders · 4 months

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Trying to enjoy escapism fantasy as a black girl can be...a bit of a challenge, not going to lie, because the amount of discussions I've seen with black people and people of color who talk about this subject only to be met with "but you know that's not how it actually was" or "why can't we have historically accurate fantasy" or even being met with accusations of trying to ignore said history. No, I'm not ignoring history, especially not my own, I'm just tired of not having a wider variety of representation in media that isn't just trauma p*rn. Let me live.

#like dang black & poc can't imagine themselves in a world of dragons and eleves without being told “but that's not accurate”#but ✋️get to suspend their belief without question? without having to consider historical accuracy?#and imagine my surprise (& annoyance) when i see other black people agreeing with this & being mad that others in the community don't agree #so what they like bridgerton or the aesthetic and want more things like that? why are U upset about getting rep that isn't traumatic!?#(this is based off a twitter debate that's giving me a headache)#like I'll never forget when the LA:TLM came out and I saw people being upset that Ariel wasn't a sl*ave or that it wasn't historically accur #-ate #like why is when it comes to black and brown stories now all of a sudden it has to be historically accurate!?#racism in fandom #fandom racism

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