#racial representation

[icedsodapop]

I really need to stress how groundbreaking Martha Jones literally is. She made her mark as the first official onscreen Black Doctor Who companion, and quite literally paved the way for future Black and other companions of colour to star on the show, like Bill Potts, Yasmin Khan, and Ryan Sinclair. And these characters would also make Doctor Who history in their own ways with Bill being the first onscreen Black lesbian companion, Yasmin being the first onscreen South Asian companion, and Ryan being the first onscreen Black companion with a disability.

Marth Jones' power? Unparalleled.

#martha jones #doctor who #tv #shes so important to me #bill potts #ryan sinclair #yasmin khan #racial representation #representation

[cryst4l-c4v3]

↓cartoon watchers: look here↓

dead end: paranormal park is a good step forward for representation, especially in kids media.

the show features a lot of good LGBT, racial, and neurodivergent representation that we don’t see enough of. 

this being said, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the fact that our steps forward never seem to center, or even include black people.

i am urging the people who read this to apply what is being said here to OTHER shows and movies you think have good representation. yes even if you like them.

EDIT: I also wanna call attention to the fact that a lot of the shows people praise for being steps forward revolve around white (usually cishet) characters that are then surrounded by more diverse characters.

#de:pp #dead end paranormal park #dead end: paranormal park #lgbt representation #black representation #racial representation #queer representation #dead end #paranormal park #deadendia #dead end netflix #depp #lgbtq representation #lgbtq+ representation #cartoons #animation #barney guttman #dead end barney #de:pp barney #de:pp norma #de:pp representation #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #black #black people #black queer people

[dr-drea]

Understanding the Burns Family

I am so sick of reading sentences like: "Vampires aren't that bad", "The Burns family is prejudiced against Vampires.", "Why did Cal break up with Juliette? She saved Theo's life!" or "Talia is a bad mom for throwing Theo out of the house". I think each one of these is wrong and problematic, so here's my essay on "Please stop idealizing Vampires for the sake of understanding the Burns family."

"Vampires aren't that bad."

Vampires in recent media are often portrayed as 'human', allowing us to empathize with them. I think this is a cool take on Vampires, however, this sometimes results in people ignoring/forgetting that they are supposed to be harmful to humans, that they were once mystical creatures that humans feared for a reason. Especially in First Kill, the fandom tends to forget that the Vampires introduced here are a threat to humans and behave in problematic ways. Look at these statements about the Fairmonts:

their initiation ritual is the 'First Kill'

we see several instances of the Fairmonts killing someone in the show...

... while this is not even necessary for the family's survival; they do kill regardless, because it is not regarded as something bad, but rather something 'natural' they do

Juliette and Oliver are the only ones openly questioning this practice, struggling with being born into a family which inevitably commits crimes, while at the same time fearing exclusion

Now, please tell me again that Vampires are "not that bad", when the show portrays them like that. Of course, they are not only 'evil monsters' either. Everyone in the Fairmont family is a well-developed character, and we like and empathize with them because of that. That's a great accomplishment of the writing here. But i feel like people empathize with the Fairmont family too much, because vampires are regarded as "cool" or "fancy". And then there is the missing understanding for the Burns family, and that's where this whole issue gets problematic.

"The Burns family is prejudiced against Vampires."

Yes. Yes, of course they are, and they should. Vampires are dangerous 99% of the time. If you were a human in this series, and you met a Vampire, would you really take the chances? Would you really think "Oh yeah, vampires go around killing people all the time, but I'm sure this one is going to be different." Now, Juliette tries to be different. But Cal had every reason to be sceptical in the beginning. And i am very convinced that Cal would not have fallen in love with Juliette if she was the 'typical vampire'.

The Burns family is of course also killing, but in comparison to vampires they do it to protect themselves and others. They view monster-hunting as something honourable, and as their destiny. Of course their view on monsters is highly biased (Calliope even mentions that). But there is a reason for that, because Vampires are an actual threat.

"Why did Cal break up with Juliette? She saved Theo's life!"

Okay, first of all, Juliette saved Theo's life by accident. And second of all, Theo being a vampire has huge implications for the Burns family.

Yes, Juliette saved Theo's life, but what kind of life does he have now? He is forced to live the life of a Vampire. He is one of those 'monsters' he has been trained to hunt his whole life. He never wanted any of this. His family is also now working 'against him', meaning that he lost his home and the support of his loved ones, while simultaneously needing to adapt to a whole new life. He in no way owes Juliette to be thankful for that.

And Cal lost her brother. She has every right to be mad at Juliette for that, who definitely should have known better. I'm not saying Cal is an innocent and perfect character. She isn't, she is flawed as well. But breaking up with Juliette made so much sense in the moment. That people expect her to betray her family like that and do not recognize her feelings honestly makes me sick.

"Talia is a bad mom for throwing Theo out of the house."

This is the statement which causes me the most pain, because this is so wrong. You might accuse Talia of a lot of things, but being a bad mom? Never.

Put yourself into Talia's shoes for a moment. Monster-hunting is this noble, honourable job you have done for years. And you are not only doing your job, you are living for it, sacrificing so much things on the way. And now your son is a monster, too. Which means he will be forced to do some monster-related things. Which means that it will raise suspicion among the people you are working with. And friendly reminder, these people are trained for recognizing behaviors of monsters/vampires. What do you do? You love your child, but letting him stay at your place will probably lead to him being uncovered, and most certainly getting killed. Apart from that, you have a huge reputation to protect. If your son's secret is being revealed, this might as well be the end of the life you have been living so far, as they will not allow you to participate in the monster-hunting anymore. Your passion, your destiny and your the way of life you have grown to love so much, all of that would be gone forever.

Talia letting Theo go was the best choice she could make. To protect him and her family. And it was not an easy choice, you could see how heartbroken she was.

In conclusion...

I always thought I was taking this issue too serious. After all, this is just our 'trashy little sapphic vampire show'. But I still see people siding largely with the Fairmonts, failing to understand the Burns. These characters are so nuanced and developed that you can empathize with/criticize every single one of them. And it is the fact that they gave us well-written characters of different racial backgrounds, and people still decide to side with the white family, that is really bothering me.

So, I don't think I am taking this too seriously. I think this issue is actually serious, because fighting biases starts with media representation, but apparently it does not stop there. Viewers need to reflect their own biases, too.

#first kill #the burns family #calliope burns #talia burns #theo burns #defending the burns family as a full-time job #racial representation #biases #vampires

[georgiasbloom]

my friend is doing a survey for her class abt video games, specifically dbh. you don’t have to have any knowledge but i’d appreciate if anyone sees this and takes it heheheh <3

#representation #class #race #racial representation #detroit: bh #dbh #dbh x reader #dbh memes #dbh hank #dbh kara #dbh north #dbh connor #detroit become human

[darkfire-kai]

Excuse me, I know I haven’t posted on here in awhile and I doubt many people will see this, but I am having a bit of a dilemma about creating something and I was hoping for a couple opinions to help me weigh in on what I can do.

For context, there is a game I love to play with multiple characters in it. It’s called Identity V, and they have characters that originate from multiple areas of the world. I will not even begin to give my opinion on certain parts of the lore, it’ll take me too long to finish ranting about how heavily I squint at some of their “aesthetic choices” for the characters, but just understand there is a lot I wish they would alter.

Anyway, I have this chibi I made that represents myself and I was having fun making little versions of this chibi cosplaying as other characters. I am Caucasian, my Chibi is Caucasian to reflect that, and for the most part letting it cosplay as every survivor was not really an issue. But then, we come to two specific characters that make me want to bash my head into a wall. I love playing them and their personality according to the lore really makes me love them. However, Patricia and Ganji are two people my chibi cannot just cosplay.

Why? Because they are both very blatantly a different ethnicity. For me to make my current chibi cosplay them, they would completely white wash both characters and that’s just wrong. I know it’s goofy and for fun but it makes me feel uncomfortable. However, I don’t want to leave out their representation completely because again, I love these characters and they deserve equal love.

So what do I do? I just moved here right before covid and several quarantines started up, so I don’t singing have a friend who I could ask to create their own chibi and cosplay it and grant me permission, or I would’ve gone down that road already. I don’t feel right creating a character myself. I honestly do not feel like it would be okay for me specifically to do that. Could I actually do that myself? Or should I ask around and see if someone I don’t really know would be willing to make one for me? I don’t really know what options I have but I honestly want to include these characters with everyone else. They deserve to be represented after all, they’re both awesome and so fun to play!

I could be 100% overthinking this and that’s fine if I am, but I would really like some insight on what to do next. If you have any thoughts, comment, reply, message me, pm me, whatever you feel comfortable with! I’ll also be looking around to ask a few questions when I’m feeling brave. Thank you for everyone who takes the time to read this!

#moral dilemma #regarding race #racial representation #pleasehelpmeiknowiamanidiot

[alwaysbewoke]

#voting priorities #black empowerment #political representation #social justice #racial equity #voting for change #politics

[comparativetarot]

The Tower. Art by St. Jinx, from the Reclaimed Earth Tarot.

#St. Jinx #Reclaimed Earth Tarot #The Tower #Major Arcana #Tarot #LGBT Tarot Decks #LGBT Representation #Racial Diversity

[oh-hush-its-perfect]

I once said this on Twitter and got a LOT of backlash for it, but I think it's worth saying. Piper McLean is not hyper-femme. She's not even femme. Piper McLean is a butch sapphic woman. Though there's no problem with portraying her in pink or doing "girly" things every once in a while, if everyone is doing it all of the time, it creates a fandom misinterpretation of the character. It erases her identity as butch. Yes, she improved her internalized misogyny. No, that does not mean that she has become femme or "feminine." Part of feminism and eliminating internalized misogyny is the realization that women have the choice of how they want to present. Piper presents in a more androgynous/masc way. That's how she is, and I don't think all fanart of her should misrepresent her in such a way.

#pjo #heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #riordanverse #hoo #piper mclean #sapphic characters #butch characters #It's relevant to note that though many woc are robbed of their ability to be feminine #not ALL woc HAVE to be feminine to be worthy of respect and to be considered 'good representation' #poc correct me if i'm wrong or comment if you have a different opinion. but please be nice. #but yeah. poc please expand on the racial element if you see fit #i didn't include it in the original post because i don't entirely know what i'm talking about and don't want to speak over poc

[audioroleplayconfessions]

I usually avoid posting my own opinions, but I've seen a few posts like the one in the screenshot below creep across my feed lately and they're bugging me too much to keep my mouth shut. I censored the identity of this particular example because I don't want to start a Tumblr war or make them feel like I'm singling them out or attacking them.

I don't feel good about celebrating black history month through a character who was both written and performed by a white man. I know this is all just low-stakes fandom headcanon stuff and I'm not trying to control what other people do, but something feels not-quite-right about taking a character played by a white VA and deciding (on his behalf might I add) that he's black and using him as your example of black representation in the audio rp fandom.

There are black VAs out there, they can represent themselves. I really think it's disingenuous to sort through a cast of characters all played by the same white guy and assign POC races to them in order to give a singular white guy's one-man show racial diversity, then celebrate said "diversity".

Sorry, I'm not trying to be a Tumblr drama queen. If you're the person from the screenshot (or have posted something similar), I don't think you meant any harm. Your post probably wasn't meant to be that deep and not the worst thing in the world, but I don't know why you would pick a random character written and performed by a white guy and cheer "Rahhh, let's celebrate black history month with this!". If it really matters to you, you can celebrate a black VA, or a canonically black character, or even just a listener character that you/others HC as black. You can celebrate fan artists and writers who are black.

Why use characters played by Redacted for this? I promise I'm not trying to start a fight, or accuse people who've made posts like this of being racist or cancel anyone. I don't think they mean badly. But I see this a lot even outside of the context of BHM. It's almost always with characters written/performed by Redacted and it's always made me a little uneasy, especially with the amount of enthusiasm people throw onto the race they decided to HC for this one white man's characters.

If you disagree with me, I'm open to hearing you out. I don't want to try and dictate what people can/can't do in a fandom space or send a mob after anyone, but something feels off to me about using Redacted characters to celebrate BHM.

-Ringmaster

#I hope I don't accidentally start a tumblr war and regret this #but POC don't need to be represented by white actors #I'd rather celebrate actual black characters and black creators #just accept that you aren't going to get diverse racial representation from a series where the same white guy is playing absolutely everyon #redacted audio #black history month #BHM #not a callout post #please don't witch-hunt anyone #but seriously there are black VAs out there if black representation is important to you #some are very under-rated and could actually use a shoutout right now #there are also non-black VAs who collab with black people and have actual diverse representation in their casts #also how do you hear Erik's voice and think “that's my black king right there” #redacted fandom #audio roleplay #boyfriend asmr

[kandiibow]

I was gonna call out the Nani thing but my lord the fucking hypocrisy! I saw someone with a halle pfp complain about it. so if you’re a racial hypocrite just shut the fuck up when it comes to casting you don’t like because ppl don’t wanna fucking hear it unless you’re completely unbiased

Also apparently the girl playing Nani is Hawaiian she’s just mixed like jasmine was so… maybe just say y’all are racist have an issue with white/light skinned ppl and go instead of embarrassing yourselves, thx

It doesn’t change the fact that at the end of the day all Disney live action remakes exist for scummy capitalist reasons so maybe just dont support these things in general lmao

Update: as a mixed user who has been harassed by self proclaimed “sjw’s” ages ago and being called white over and over again I know damn well ppl on this site have an issue with light skinned ppl, jasmine, Nani and my harassment are proof of this. Y’all have gone beyond shitting on white ppl and are now moving on to white passing POC’s and we ain’t standing for it

Again just admit you have an anti white/lightskin bias and go 😂

more ppl are agreeing with me tho so there’s hope for this site after all

#lilo and stitch #live action #the little mermaid #racial bias #callout #people of tumblr #anti hypocrisy #anti sjw #we want real representation #princess asha is gonna kick ass while tlm is def gonna flop #Kandiibun #maddyspeaks

[murder-incarnate]

tfw the bhaalspawn is the only one in your friend group with a real conscience and they are hanging on by a fucking thread

my friend ez's tav trine (at least they're a tav in her bg3 au) + my durge abaddon + astarion. trine and abaddon typically live in separate universes but ez and i love to talk about how the two would interact, and they both romance astarion so like. this squad gets talked about a lot. abaddon tries so hard to be good despite everything, trine and astarion not so much, and things aren't helped by trine especially having a real tendency to poke the metaphorical bear because it's funny.

colors are messy so here's the lines-only version, which i also like, and is, admittedly, also messy

#bg3 spoilers #bg3 #bg3 astarion #bg3 dark urge #trine tag #tav tag #astarion tag #abaddon tag #durge tag #art tag #they/them for trine #she/they for abaddon #trine is a changeling btw! changeling/aasimar #tiefling form is their default in ez's first run for them so it's what i default to #with how much they shift i could technically draw anyone and it'd be an accurate representation of trine #as long as they're wearing purple and mix-and-matching racial features it's accurate #they like to look fancy :) #still figuring out how the fuck to draw astarion

[awakefor48hours]

I've written several essays about The Owl House for school, this college shit is not as stressful as high school makes it out to be.

#context for those that are curious: #i've taken a media literacy and an ethic class #and i've gotten a few assignments about representation in media #especially when it comes to racial minorities/sexual minorities/women/etc #so i just chose toh because i know the most about it

[hussyknee]

Not entirely sure how I'm expected to respond when I point out something is white as fuck and the person I'm criticizing goes "I'm literally PoC!!" Okay? Good for you? Get well soon??

I literally live in South Asia, a place still nursing the world's worst colonial hangover. That's like one billion brown people desperately in need of joining Bootlickers Anonymous. If I had to respect the rancid takes of every yahoo that lives here I'd have to drown myself in the sea.

Living in white countries does something odd to diaspora brains. If you call yourself BIPOC in your own head long enough you end up forgetting you're just a garden variety idiot mainlining white supremacy like everyone else.

#essay: why I hate the term BIPOC #1) it's North American as fuck #seriously the word has little meaning for Black and brown people in Europe. We're all just darkies over there bc the whites dgaf #also there's two systems of race over there. the global colour system that's a result of european colonization of the other continents #and the older system unique to the region where white Indo-Europeans hates the fuck out of everybody else #so you have to be very specific about the fact that you're coloured of skin #i mean black people in australia are aboriginals. 'black' even in the US used to be a political identity not only a racial one #2) i'm not fucking BIPOC in my own country. I just live here. #I am the default. it's whites that are alien and specified #considering we're literally the global majority‚ it would be very funny if we just called ourselves 'people' and only singled whites out #it's them that invented race after all. just so they could proclaim that white people were the master race #i know it wouldn't work bc then they'd all be like 'how DARE you call us white' like Zionists. but it would be funny #i just think that this whole BIPOC thing makes whites out to be default and makes us hyperaware of ourselves as political entities first #and fuels neoliberal identity politics that culminates in fighting over twitter hashtags and 'Diversity Equity Inclusion' bs #where they make Black and brown people mouthpieces and cops of white supremacy and imperialism #and calls it 'representation' #racism #white supremacy #colonialism #colonization #knee of huss

[soanixx]

Representation in fanfics matters until its for us latinas

#fanfic #eren x latina reader #eren jaeger #aot #snk #representation #racial diversity #chingensumadre #latina #latam

[spite-and-waffles]

Do diaspora PoC actually like it when white fans keep race-bending random Batkids? Apparently Jason's Asian now too? In a fic where he had red hair. And I'm sorry but white people making Jay Latino and Tim East Asian is racist stereotypying. The entire point of Tim is his white privilege.

Y'all are a hair away from making one of these people white-passing Black or Native, and I don't think you'd understand the enormity of insult that would be either. Unless you actually belong to the community you're race-bending them for, please for the love of God stop. This isn't representation, it's brownface for brownie points.

#it's becoming impossible to engage with this fandom without encountering a racial microaggression by fake woke USAmerican idiots #the Roma dick grayson thing is bad enough #y'all dont even know how to colour brown people #WFA's damian is the same shade as duke what the hell #fuck off with this shit #batfamily #dick grayson #jason todd #tim drake #damian wayne #duke thomas #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #bruce wayne #fandom wank #racism #asian representation #media representation #spite waffle

[alwaysbewoke]

#redistricting #voting rights #political manipulation #racial discrimination #civil rights law #voting power #partisan politics #electoral fairness #voter representation #legal challenges #minority rights #judicial decisions #racism #white racial hatred #white supremacy