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Fun fact: the folks who get vibrate-y with rage and have to write threads ~rebutting~ (but not at all) conversations about racism in transformative fandom from fans and in fanworks... probably aren& #39;t as aggressive about calling out racism offline
I was thinking about it while eating: if someone& #39;s PUBLIC fandom practice is to snidely dismiss fans of color talking about racism in *their * fandom or from their peers and even to harass them... You know that those folks aren& #39;t out here actually fighting for justice offline?
There& #39;s a lot of "fandom isn& #39;t activism" aimed at fans of color talking about racism from people who will just grimace when a loved one says something racist and won& #39;t defend our right to live offline. They cannot be bothered to be actively antiracist anywhere.
The same people who& #39;ll have "fandom isn& #39;t activism" in their bios and say that there& #39;s no ~real racism~ in transformative fandom and actively go after fans of color they don& #39;t like? Aren& #39;t actually putting in work on or offline to make our lives easier.
(And yes, I actually can figure this because again: you can look at/search through these folks& #39; years of public social media posts and race/racism only come up when it& #39;s trying to debunk what people like me write and the only politics are those that impact them directly.)
You can& #39;t genuinely think that someone whose PUBLIC reaction to fans of color talking about racism in fandom is: to minimize/dismiss it, attack fans of color or slander us, and/or write threads to "debunk" our ACTUAL experiences...
Actually cares about racial injustice ANYWHERE?
Actually cares about racial injustice ANYWHERE?
Like who do YOU think cares more about racism?
A Black fan talking about how racism in fandom is harmful partially it reminds POC that we can& #39;t escape the racism we experience everywhere else...
Or the white fans subtweeting and mocking said Black fan& #39;s tweets and posts?
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A Black fan talking about how racism in fandom is harmful partially it reminds POC that we can& #39;t escape the racism we experience everywhere else...
Or the white fans subtweeting and mocking said Black fan& #39;s tweets and posts?
Understand that white people who are publicly and privately anti anti racism in fandom spaces are ALSO anti anti racism at some level offline.
