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writingwithcolor · 6 months

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WritingWithColor FAQ: How do I start writing a character of color?

First, be mindful that no race, culture, or ethnicity makes one inherently predisposed to certain emotions or personalities, despite what stereotypes or TTRPGs may suggest. We are all humans who share the same range of emotions and ways of thinking, even if we have different values.

Understand that there is no single template for a good [race, ethnicity] character. A person’s social, economic, and geographical background influences their life and values just as much as their race, culture, or religion. Consider: a Black American boy who grew up in a California mansion versus a Black American boy who grew up on an Illinois cornfield versus a Black boy who grew up in an apartment one city over. All three will have very different privileges, disadvantages, and outlooks on life.

Further reading (WWC x NaNoWriMo):

The Do’s of Writing PoC

Properly Coded: Creating Characters of Color

3 Ways to Show a Character's Culture

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This Q&A is an excerpt from our General FAQ for Newcomers, which can be found in our new Masterpost of rules and FAQs. For more general resources on POC representation, check it out!

-Writing With Color

#writing with color #writeblr #representation #poc representation #writers on tumblr #writing advice #writing tips #faq

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mrsblackruby · 1 year

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I just wanted to quickly jump in and share a little observation I’ve had. That across the spiderverse is just another movie I love that proves the industry could’ve been putting more people of color in films and just weren’t because the industry is built on racism. Anyway art is for everyone and everyone is an artist! don’t mind lil old me just sharing my two cents into the void.

#spiderman across the spiderverse #across the spiderverse #hobie brown #spider punk #pavitr prabhakar #margo kess #spider byte #miles morales #spiderman #spider man #miguel o’hara #jessica drew #spider woman #bipoc representation #poc representation #tw fandom discourse

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ohara-n-brown · 1 month

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The way people talk over Black Autistic people is... Mind-Boggling. Truly.

There are so many people in the autistic community that genuinely believe that them and Black Autistic people have the same experience, and that everything Black Autistic people go through they go through as well.

That's NOT TRUE.

Black Autistics face more questioning and doubt than White Autistics do.

Yes, all Autistics face doubt.

But when White Autistics face doubt they're often told 'You aren't autistic' - as in YOU in specific are not Autistic.

Meanwhile when Black Autistics face doubt we're often told 'You CAN'T be autistic'. Not just 'You aren't', but you can't.

As in 'You physically, biologically CANNOT be autistic because you are black'.

Do you see the difference?

I've had multiple people say to me 'I didn't know you can be black and autistic', or 'I didn't know black autistic people existed.'

Our mere existence as an entire GROUP is called into question. Because of our race.

No one will ever say 'I didn't know you can be white and autistic' because Autistic Representation revolves around Whiteness.

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And yes, 99% of people with autism had communication issues.

But if you're a white autistic person you have never had to decode micoagressive racism through the lens of your autism.

- Especially at risk of your safety or life.

Allistic black people already have to carefully choose our behavior and wording with law enforcement under threat of imprisonment or outright on-the-spot execution.

Now imagine having to navigate conversations with law enforcement while also autistic.

Especially knowing that most of the time when a mentally disabled person is killed by law enforcement - they are usually also black.

Elijah McClain and Ryan Gainer - both autistic AND BLACK. Osaze Osagie - also black.

So even if you say that all autistic people experience this, it's very clear that Black Autistic people face it to a higher, more dangerous degree.

We are not 1:1. We are not the same.

This doesn't even factor in things like having to learn to codeswitch or speak AAVE. Or how predominately black schools have less resources for their autistic students.

Or how many professionals in mental health DON'T diagnose black people because they've never studied the Black Autistic experience, and thus cannot spot it.

Or how many Black people that ARE identified to be neurodivergent are instead labeled with ODD or BPD instead.

There are so many layers and factors to this that cannot be ignored.

The autism community needs to get better at understanding intersectionality. We need to get better at representing Autistics of color for ALL levels.

And y'all need to stop talking over Black Autistics. Our experiences are not the same. And that's okay.

#neurodivergent #actually autistic #autism #audhd #neurodivergency #neurodiversity #actually audhd #actually autism #poc #bipoc #intersectionality #racism #anti blackness #antiblackness #black erasure #poc representation

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maiacore · 2 years

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#asian coquette #coquette #black coquette #black femininity #poc coquette #dollete #coquette aesthetic #waifcore #girlblogger #vs angel #poc representation #量産女子

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bipocselfship-archive · 4 months

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2024 Promo!!!

Hello, my fellow self shippers and yumes! Welcome to the BIPOC Self Ship Archive!

For about 3 years now, this blog has been a safe space to highlight the many BIPOC creators and fans in the self ship/yume community.

And for 2024, we hope to continue to make others feel welcome and safe.

Our goal is also to include those in the LGBT+ community as well as those with disabilities, whether physical, mental, sensory, etc. 🏳‍🌈

Disclaimer: Even if you don't fall into any of the forementioned categories, we still highly encourage you to follow and check out all of the amazing creators featured. (Following and interacting with them is also highly encouraged).

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send us one.

We hope you all have an amazing day, and don't forget no matter who you are, your F/Os love you! Bye!

-Mod Crystal 💖

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sanguine-prince · 1 month

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i’m sure i’m not the first to say something like this, but let me tell you about my poc-passing-as-white jay gatsby headcanon!!

for some background, in the 1920s there was an interesting shift regarding (white) skin tones. previously, tans were viewed as a sign that a person worked out in the fields, and therefore a trademark of the lower class. however, slowly after the industrial revolution, it increasingly became a representation of luxury, since the rich upper class would have the time to lounge about and sunbathe at their leisure.

i say all this to show that a poc gatsby would have the ostensible class and wealth for a tan, which would ‘excuse’ a slightly browner skin tone in the public eye.

(the 20s was also the setting of passing by nella larsen, so that’s neat.)

in my vision, he’s biracial (maybe his mother was black & his father was a german immigrant) with skin light enough to pass for white.

the fact that nick states that gatsby keeps his hair neatly groomed and cut might be to prevent it from curling up.

additionally, i think it could contrast tom’s white supremacy & his fear of poc social progress.

it would also create a deeper divide between gatsby and daisy, and once again the contrast between him and tom. in my mind, daisy wouldn’t know about it until the point where tom reveals everything about gatsby’s bootlegging etc. with jay revealing it to her in the car ride back (oops then she hits myrtle).

then, when she chooses tom and the life of comfort, wealth, status, etc that their marriage offers, she also rejects not only gatsby’s new money but also his race.

it’s a lot more thematically significant for the american dream as well—it’s still unattainable and essentially tainted by capitalism, and it also emphasizes that it’s restricted to the white upper class. social mobility only becomes available to gatsby when he disguises his racial identity.

similarly, it fits with gatsby’s identity reconstruction—the quintessential american is white, rich, and educated.

daisy and tom have that ticket into society because they have that inherent thing that he will never have—pedigree, in both class and race. that’s something that even nick has.

(in my mind, he tells nick all about it the night before he dies & nick understands as best he can and doesn’t think less of him, because it further highlights the differences between his & gatsby’s relationship v. gatsby’s relationship with daisy; namely, the transparency -> acceptance give-and-take that he and daisy never had. because of having to hide himself from daisy in order to maintain her affection, he builds an expectation that he must be someone that he is not as well as developing a transactional definition of love (he gives, and people love him as long as he can continue to give) in order to be loved. therefore, nick’s immediate curiosity and fascination with who he truly is is foreign to him. not to get too into their dynamic lmao i just think it’s really interesting.)

finally, the very last part where nick is sitting and looking at the bay and thinking about the first immigrants and their dreams and how gatsby embodied the purity and naivety of those dreams is further exemplified by his racial ‘otherness.’

and there’s,,, technically nothing in the book to explicitly refute this from what i remember!

(n.b.: it has been a hot second since i’ve read tgg, so lmk if i’ve got anything wrong!)

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wakandama2 · 2 months

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Shouts out to Princess Jasmine for holding it down for the Black girls from 1992 to 2009, she knew we needed the rep while Tiana was done cooking.

#princess and the frog #aladdin #princess jasmine #princess tiana #and that only projection on the only Brown princess we was allowed lol #me and my cousins used to argue DOWN that we had to all be Princess Jasmine because she was the only brown cool girl #like know i fully know she was like Arabic rep but she was holding it down in Black House holds until Tiana step outta New Orleans #love her to this day #black representation #poc representation

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mannyblacque · 4 months

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The ship has sailed

Art by Shonya

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #fan art #taika waititi #blackbeard #stede bonnet #rhys darby #lgbtq representation #poc representation #bipoc representation #izzy hands #con o'neill #the revenge

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artemishasthebluez · 3 months

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heres. alastor with poc features i hope i did him right

if theres anything i should change lmk :]

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #hazbin critical #hazbin hotel critical #vivziepop critical #viziepop #alastor redesign #radio demon hazbin hotel #art #fan art #artist #redesign #fanmade redesigns #radio demon redesign #poc #poc representation

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writingwithcolor · 6 months

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It wouldn’t be historically accurate for my story to include BIPOC!

This is an argument often made about European-style fantasy media like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and Disney’s Frozen. Audiences, often white, assume that due to the majority-white setting, adding any visible number of BIPOC to the story would be unrealistic.

What these critics fail to realize is that BIPOC do in fact live, and have lived, in these settings, and records of BIPOC presence in places assumed to be majority-white have been buried, written out, or not taught due to white supremacist and/or colonial bias in the field of history. There are historical European settings that were far more diverse than is often portrayed. Consider:

The Moorish Empire exerted an extensive influence over life and culture in Southern Europe from Spain from 711 to 1492

The Ottomans were heavily involved in European affairs up until the treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, but still considered a part of Europe even through the 19th century

The sheer size of the Roman Empire ensured the continued movement of people from various backgrounds within the Mediterranean well until the end of the Byzantine Empire.

“Historical accuracy” should not be used as an excuse for media to be exclusively white in its casting. While there are places which are or were predominantly white, there will always be factors like global trade and immigration that bring multiculturalism to their doors.

And even if the presence of a certain demographic is unrealistic for a certain setting? Consider that we’ve accepted far worse inaccuracies in historical fiction in the name of artistic license. Consider that our understanding of human history is, and will always be, incomplete.

Further Reading:

Historically Diverse London, “Historical Accuracy,” and Creator Accountability

Making a Black Pride and Prejudice Resonate

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This Q&A is an excerpt from our General FAQ for Newcomers, which can be found in our new Masterpost of rules and FAQs. If you're new to Writing With Color and/or want more writing resources, check it out!

-Writing With Color

#writing with color #writeblr #representation #poc representation #history #historical fiction #historical accuracy #writing advice #writing tips #writers on tumblr #diverse books #diversity matters #faq

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starrykites · 2 years

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we need more chubby y/ns!! we need more poc y/ns!! we need more y/ns that arent just females!! we need more y/ns that arent just super skinny blonde white girls!!

#bucky barnes x y/n #wanda x y/n #mha x y/n #haikyuu x y/n #eddie munson x y/n #x reader #f/o x s/i #bucky x reader #marvel #reader insert #lgbt #female reader #chubby reader #poc representation #poc reader #plus size reader

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ethasthrala · 1 year

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haggardy old men really found out willow (2022) would have lgbtq+ and poc representation and made a calculated effort to instantly dismiss it to wider audiences by spamming youtube and discords with clickbait posts and storming imdb and rotten tomatoes with bad reviews. don’t want to reshare them in any way but titles like ”WOKE garbage” and ”everyone is gay!” are so strategic in trying to drown out all the love for this show that has just been growing and growing. anyway PLEASE SUPPORT THIS SHOW, it’s actually so wonderful and i for one am glad it’s really, really gay <3

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hhrepresentation · 5 months

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Isn't it interesting how...

Race and ethnicity is a construct that does not appear to be the topic of tension or discrimination between most of our main characters? From the beginning of the series, we don't acknowledge Amerie's Indian identity, or Sasha's identity as an Asian woman.

The lead characters represent several different racial and ethnic groups, but it goes largely unspoken between classmates and teachers.

Dusty, the object of the entire school's affection, is Southeast Asian:

Amerie, the central character, is Indian-Australian:

Darren, a lead character, is Black:

Sasha, a lead character, is Asian:

Malakai, new student and lead character, is Bundjalung, an Indigenous Australian population:

Missy, an important side character, is also mob, or First Nations Australian:

Even the staff at Hartley High reflect's the series' diverse casting. Jojo Obah, teacher and program director, is a Nigerian woman.

This diverse cast offers a refreshing take on high school dramas. While the students come from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, the primary focus of the series is the chaos that ensues.

When we normalize diversity and avoid tokenism, we break down stereotypes and prejudice.

According to cultivation theory, television is responsible for shaping and viewers’ perceptions of social reality (Lind, 2004). When series like these promote diversity without reinforcing stereotypes, they work to change the schemas, or cognitive structures/biases, that automatically ascribe stereotypes to marginalized individuals and communities (Gorham, 1999).

#heartbreak high #representation matters #first nations #diversity #poc representation

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eilidh-eternal · 5 months

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Ok. I need some help from any PoC readers I might have. We all experience blushing in different ways, right? Lighter skin tones obviously show it physically, but we all experience that rush of warmth and the feeling of our face/ears/neck heating. What ways of describing this make you, my lovely melanin blessed readers, feel seen and immersed in a story beyond ‘their face warmed’???

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geekgirles · 1 year

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Really? You don't think it has anything to do with the fact that Disney deliberately sabotaged a film of theirs portraying a loving and healthy biracial family with an openly gay teenaged son by giving it no promoting whatsoever? Don't you think it might have something to do with that rather than Disney trying to be "woke"? Okay.

(Full article here)

#Disney #pixar #disney animation #disney animated films #strange world #wish #disney +#lgbtqiia+#lgbt rights #gay #lgbtq representation #poc representation

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the-mountain-flower · 27 days

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Revisited a story that was very important to me as a child, and learned about the author being very vocal about the harm gender roles & stereotypes cause. I thought "oh that's great!" but was afraid. What if she only applied that logic to cis ppl?

I did some searching, and found out that not only does she support trans ppl, but has also spoken multiple times about how important it is to be able to see protagonists outside of the perceived norm. A.K.A., she doesn't see my very existence as wrong.

I let out a deep sigh of relief. I could continue to enjoy this thing that had been so important to me growing up.

But this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Too often I discover a new artist, or even be unsure of one I've enjoyed the work of for a long time up to the present; and I have to desperately search to know if I can enjoy their work. Either I am extremely relieved, or absolutely crushed.

This shouldn't be necessary. I shouldn't be feeling this deep fear that something so important to me, was created by someone who despises my very existence. That I, as a disabled queer femme ex-mormon Pagan witch who was raised like a girl, will be shoved off the emotional cliff of "this person you looked up to hates you for the same reason all bigots do".

I was so terrified that something that meant so much to me as a kid could've shattered me emotionally. Simply because I didn't know if the person who made it hates people like me.

We shouldn't have to live like this.

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