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rocaillefox · 2 years ago

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can people please stop turning furry worlds into fantastical racism/making up furry stereotypes. i do not want to read 'all cats are troublemakers. all bears are police. all rabbits are caregivers.' like, peoples features and bodies do not signify anything about personality, morality, political stance, etc. and the bioessentialism inherent to that concept absolutely reeks. this is not a politically neutral thing jsjfbvj

#esp in furry aus where you turn canonly human characters into these weird stereotypes #like. how is this not at least a bit uncomfortable for you to read about #like does this portrayal of a world not make you stop and think about how #limiting prejudicial and horrible to live in it would be #how can you use this to portray whats supposedvto be a lighthearted premise completely uncritically #dont you feel uncomfortable putting a character of color into any of those stereotypes?#like. ik animal fantasy is often a form of caricature in and of itself when multiple animal species are involved #but this is so overt and really doesnt fit the premise of a happy romantic story #to live in this world sounds like living in a form of hell actually.#ramblings #racism #but like. same reason i hate redwalls portrayal. like-#species is something inherent to every being in a furry universe #with actual significant biological differences irl #and to use species difference as a race allegory has so many issues #namely that it implies race is biologically differing rather than socially constructed based on features #which is a part of white supremacist schools of thought- the idea that people of color and white people are biologically distinct enough -#-that they should be treated differently because of inherent capability or lack thereof.#and to see this inherently racist school of thought recreated uncritically in fanworks #like. wholly sucks actually!#its why zootopia sucks! its why beastars sucks!#PLEASE look at animal fiction with a critical eye instead of using it as escapist literature #as- as is shown in rikki tikki tavi for example- the animals chosen to represent groups of real people #can and are often used to discuss irl political events including justification for said events #across multiple cultures.#biological essentialism

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