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daz4i · 20 days ago

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ok so. inspired by a certain fandom discourse, i have a question, mainly turned to poc but hearing other opinions is also welcome 🙏

so, the scenario is this: the writers are stupid as fuck and named a planet in the game after a literal slur. these writers are either incredibly ignorant at best or racist at worst (tbf, this company doesn't have a good track record when it comes to racism in general, so)

now. there are characters in the game who naturally refer to characters from that planet as [slur]ians (<- worst word i ever typed jfc). and i've seen ppl argue that it makes the characters racist too, even though in-universe it wouldn't be different from us calling, say, someone from italy an italian ig.

i only found out abt this discourse bc i've seen ppl post stuff like "stop defending [character] for being racist" and i found it baffling bc i didn't realize they're perceived as such at all. so this is why i'm asking, mostly to see if my initial reaction was indeed a logical one, or rather an ignorant one, in which case i'll change my views accordingly

#i've seen ppl say that it's not even a slur but a name of a real life place/group of people #but doing some - admittedly p surface level - research brought up nothing to back up this claim #so i'm cautiously assuming they're lying for now and if i'm wrong then that's great 👍#uuuuuh if you reply or wanna start a discussion please be respectful 🫡 thank you #when i try to like equate it in my head to. say. kike for example. idk if i'd call the characters racist but i'd certainly be uncomfortable-#- with them. but generally i'd just blame the writers #idk how i'd ask ppl in the fandom to walk around it when writing fics for example too hm #that's another reason why i'm asking. like. how do we as fans need to treat this topic in general #but that's a bigger one so i'm starting with a smaller more basic question lol #might open a larger discussion when i'm not supposed to be asleep.

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