#battling racism

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

#the battle at lake changjin #china #letterboxd #racism tw #genocide tw

[bookishfeylin]

Hey guys. Don't whitewash Isolde from King of Battle and Blood PLEASEEEEEEEEEE

#i know y'all want white or lightskin protagonists but she's neither. so jot that down. #king of battle and blood #queen of myth and monsters #kbb #qmm #kobab #qomam #adrian x isolde #whitewashing #fandom racism #racism #antiblackness

[tetchy-frog]

Day 17 of Doodling Tolkien!

Low motivation day, so here’s a lil Kiliel doodle whilst I battle it out with the next comic page!

They go to the same music school, and Kili is head over heels, completely inconsolably, wretchedly crushing on his stand partner.

She thinks it’s funny :P

I have another doodle started of two nearby violinists, which happen to be one concert master Legolas Greenleaf and 2nd chair 1st violin Fili Durinson, and their mutual revulsion (albeit for different reasons)

#the hobbit #thorin and company #fanart #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit kili #kiliel #tauriel #I’ve just resigned myself to being pants at tagging #side note I headcanon Fili as asexual and possibly aromantic? #so you’ll be seeing that at some point #also yes at some point fili and Legolas are gonna have to battle for first chair #partially due to fantasy -but not fantasy cuz it’s a human modern au but still fantasy because Erebor isn’t real- racism #and partially due to them both actually being wicked good

[joshualunacreations]

U.S. audiences enjoy survival horror stories with Asians in Asia, like Squid Game and Battle Royale. But they don’t want to acknowledge that Asian Americans’ lived reality is a survival horror too.

I have mixed feelings about Squid Game's success. I enjoy the survival horror genre as both a writer and consumer, but seeing how non-Asian U.S. audiences reacted to it in the midst of violent anti-Asian hate crimes left me wondering about the reason for the show's U.S. appeal.

Violence against Asians—particularly when done en masse—is so normalized that I wonder if this type of media provides catharsis to racists. News of hate crimes might briefly force them to feel guilty, but when they see fictional violence against Asians, they can cheer for it. It's as if it evokes the imagery Americans are most familiar with: slaughtering Asians by the dozens or even thousands, a legacy of numerous U.S. wars in Asia. The victims are nameless and unimportant. They're just a statistic, a plot point. One more to add to the body count.

Also, the U.S. loves using Asians in Asia as media replacements for AsAms. It simultaneously reinforces Asians as perpetual foreigners, and prevents giving a microphone to the type of Asian American who would unflinchingly discuss anti-Asian racism and challenge the status quo.

Asian men especially are seen as disposable targets with no humanity and no purpose other than to be mocked and slaughtered on screen. Deadpool, Daredevil, Avengers, Bullet Train, Kill Bill, etc. feature scenes where a protagonist cuts down hordes of Asian men in seconds.

This has real-life consequences. Hate crimes against AAPI men have been purposely belittled, hidden, and ignored—even in media narratives that purport to draw attention to anti-Asian racism. It becomes a feedback loop that double-victimizes AAPI men. (see my data thread)

The hatred of Asian men is so normalized that in AsAm spaces the only acceptable Asian male victim to publicly mention is Vincent Chin, who was murdered 40 years ago. There have been many Vincent Chins since then. But victims get reduced to headlines like "killed over duck sauce.”

Instead, when anti-Asian hate crimes are discussed, it's limited to a narrow range of experience, privileging East Asian women over pretty much all other Asians. This erasure is harmful on many levels and has still not been corrected or even acknowledged. (see my data thread)

I think many AsAms feel like Asian Twitter recently died. But for me, it died several years ago, when Asians with media power decided that all of this harm and imbalance was not only normal, but good. Our community has been broken for a long time. They don't want to fix it.

So does this mean Squid Game, Battle Royale, etc. are bad stories? No. It means we need better real-life conversations and efforts to understand what anti-Asian racism is and how to fix it. Survival horror is a fun thought experiment—until you realize you're living in one.

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#immigration #anti-asian racism #anti-asian hate crimes #racism #anti-asian violence #murder #u.s. wars in asia #battle royale #squid game #deadpool #daredevil #avengers #bullet train #kill bill #aapi #asian americans #asians in media #my art #artists on tumblr #fil-am artist #joshua luna #josh luna

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #rap #hip hop #battle rap #rone #dumbfoundead #kotd #rip pat stay #pat tay forever #barstool #dave portnoy #racism #king of the dot

[lunityviruz]

I can't trust white people (white queers, white feminists, white atheists, white punks) to criticize Islam because they get real racist real fast

#rants n rambles #all of a sudden islam is the only bad religon in the world and that justifies racism #i remember when this ugly white punk was like showing off his battle vest and he had an anti islam patch and he was like #“well im against all forms of oppression and Islam is very oppressive therefore I'm against that” -🤓☝🏻 #and then someone pointed out how he has a white supremacist band patch on his vest and how he doesn't have an anti Christianity patch either #this is why I only listen to ex-muslims criticize it

[literalite]

im honestly so pleased with the ppl who r running the ao3 ship poll bcos somehow against all odds. they're doing it well

#they saw how pirate-battle turned out and were like lets not die on the racism hill <3 #yeah some of the ships r mad problematic but like thats based on ao3 stats not the people running the actual poll #but however many are in that mod team. the poll itself has been done as well as anything on that scale can be done. hats off #seph.txt

[youvereachedpluto]

the effort and dedication they put into yunjin’s design and story quest is just proof that they have the resources to actually research and respect cultures they use, sumeru isn’t just poorly designed they literally didn’t care about paying respect to the right cultural sources.

southern asia is huge. you can’t just overlap and use cultures from different countries into one horrendous mix. it would have been easy to split parts of sumeru into different cultures, have specific areas be focused on specific cultures—it’s not like they don’t have the resources or the dedication. diversity and proper representation shouldn’t be something players have to beg for

#genshin impact #sumeru #people are wild for excusing hyvs blatant racism and ignorance when it comes to sumerus design and characters #also why are the dark skinned always the battle worn assassin types im looking at you eremites #im tired of dark skinned characters always having to work for other people in these situations

[dystopiandramaqueen]

#punk #Solar punk #battle jacket #new patch #black lives matter #blm #anti racism

[starlooove]

‘A black person being uwufied would make conservatives mad so ignore the racism’ isn’t a take I thought I’d see, but considering their scapegoating of the victims of police brutality and the way they tried to claim that we all have to be a united front with absolutely no disagreements bc ‘conservatives hate us anyways’ I’m not very fucking surprised.

I think it’s really fucking funny how their advice is that we should ignore racism in order to prop up queer representation, and they said it in the same post that they said they weren’t using queerness as a shield against racism. That’s exactly what you’re doing. You literally said ‘it may be racist but it’s gay so you can’t be that upset’. Telling black people to put how they feel about slave owners being shown in a positive light on the back burner bc said slave owners are being shown as queer is fucking weird. It not only ignores black queer ppl, but makes me wonder when y’all would ever do the same 💀 get fucked

#I wonder how u feel about the dababy situation #did you ignore his homophobia bc u knew the importance of black people being represented as successful? #do you ignore the homophobia and transphobia present in telenovelas bc u know it’s important to have hispanic rep? #have we ever fucking asked you to? #we all know the answer to every single one of those questions btw #seriously get fucked lmao #pirate battle #bc I want niggas to see this #go read that bullshit statement oml #white people shut the fuck up about police brutality challenge (impossible) #bringing that into this convo in any way is extremely inappropriate but also fucking wild #you think you have to guide black people through activism and community when the core of this convo is that y’all don’t take blk ppl #seriously on racism if there’s queer rep involved. #I’d bet money half of these OFMD stans were also SU stans #they move just the same #that statement gave jeffree star vibes LMAOO

[eschergirls]

I can't believe somebody looked at Jade Warriors and said "we need to do that but make the women look even more insectoid."  I think the one in the back left is actually shedding her legs.

(Cover of Kunoichi #1, Lightning Comics, submitted by anonymous)

Originally posted at EscherGirls.com

#Kunoichi #lightning comics #comics #comic books #WTF clothing #battle bikini #organless torsos #detached legs #rubber hips #disembodied limbs #racism #spraypaint clothes

[comradecowplant]

so things are not going well with my new elderly socdem friend unfortunately.

#she said this RIGHT after talking about how bad yt misinfo is... which she followed up w SO I WAS WATCHING A YT DOC ABOUT WW2 & LEARNED THIS #youtube 'historians' are literally the most fascist breed of youtuber. avoid the vast majority like the plague lmao #i asked if the video was sourcing the hollow dahmer & the black book of communism & she didnt seem to know what those are lol #to her credit i told her straight up that she was incorrect & she at least faked being curious about doing more research but i am doubting #she also 'learned' that lenin killed trotsky lol get your propaganda right lenin was dead by then STALIN icepicked him <3 #anyway im making jokes bc the worst part was a different conversation where she spoke positively of israel #THAT'S gonna be the one to ruin our friendship. fuck you & your war tourist friend who fought in the 1960s landgrabs that youre now #telling me as if this is a cute story. nahhhh lmao i looked her straight in the eye & said i will NOT debate this #so she dropped it like the true enlightened centrist most socdem cowards are and i kept cleaning her house quietly #turns out You & Me We're the Only Ones Around Here Who Aren't Complete Fools was premature *kicks the poorly rendered gravel sadly* #shes otherwise a nice lady & i know i need to be more flexible in order to hopefully change ppls minds... #but also when people say awful & untrue things it makes me not want to talk to you 🤷‍♂️ srry 2 b a freak like that #also i know shes not transphobic but i havent sniffed her out well enough to know if shes safe to come out to #so its hours of misgendering (which isnt her fault she doesnt know) bc shes obsessed with neoliberal feminism and inappropriately brings #gender into conversations that it does not belong in #'did you know all the countries that handled covid best were ran by women?' 1) untrue 2) dont care finland still sucks #she also tried to tell me that european rich people learned to be nicer after the french rev & thats why europe is better than america... #girl shut up we learned how to be so good at racism and capitalism BECAUSE of europe. there is no such thing as a good rich person!!! #i pick my battles (genocide & anticommunist genocide revisionism) so i let her cook w that one & was not left convinced as you can imagine #ANYWAY rant about today's weird day done. gonna smoke weed & rim some skies 🥵 while listening to the Khrushchev Lied audiobook i found 😘

[rhaenyras]

that perception-altering epiphany when you realize that men trying to teach you what "real" feminism actually is about doesn't come from a genuine desire to educate oneself and be an ally to the cause. on the contrary, it's rather a subtle way for them to control the opposition when repeated endeavors to stomp out the opposition altogether have failed.

men's presumptuous and patronizing notions about "true feminism" betray their ill-concealed intention to shave off the most subversive, radical, challenging and uncomfortable parts of feminist theory and practice, leaving only a watered down sugarcoated convenient status quo-friendly version as the harmless byproduct of their obtrusive polluting interjection. they are not allies, they do not come in peace. they're trying to sabotage the feminist revolution from the inside while simultaneously selling themselves as well-meaning good-natured egalitarians threatened by our so-called misandry (again, the zillionth attempt at shutting us up with tone policing and reversed victim/oppressor narrative)

#i woke up and felt this in my gut so i had to write it down #also this applies to anti-racism and lgbtqia+ movements as well ofc #every social battle is one battle #the people in power are still gonna enact this dynamic to minimize dissent while also preserving the semblance of morality and democracy #they're so..... manipulative #only you cannot manipulate me so try harder #rant.txt #feminism

[the-90s-music-colosseum]

I genuinely admire the patience you have with this blog some of these ppl are fucking mental and the patience you have to host so many polls lol

Dare I say... it used to be so much worse around here. If anyone's new around here and wants some blog lore, it's worth reading through the tags #disc horse, #jike :), #damon albarn, #gruncharov, or just the entire #most attractive 90s musician (if you have, like, a couple hours to spare and a strong stomach). Might as well take a trip into the tags of this poll, I dare you.

I cannot believe I survived all that 😭

#asks #the ogs remember the green day/AIC fanbase collision. the bossfight racism battles. the jike drama. and god forbid... gruncharov. #I think our glory days might be behind us but who's to say this tournament won't end up just as insane

[chaiaurchaandni]

wtf

the global north deserves nothing but total annihilation <3

#i find it so funny how westerners think of everybody else as uneducated and yet theyre the most illiterate losers on the planet #just ignorant stupid ugly and worthless like pick a battle lmao #europeans and their disgusting culture of racism and white supremacy and their dirty spawn are the worst thing to happen to the world #death to america

[martyrbat]

omg just got sent such a fun ask.... brb time to reread 200+ comics so i can talk in depth

#ANON I LOVE YOU !!!! #its been over a year since i read dickbats and damianrobin's run. like i barely knew who cass was when i read battle for the cowl it was #THAT long ago so please please please forgive me in advance for taking a bit to answer because i want to answer in depth other than fuzzy #memory and all <3 (<- guy who is using this as an excuse to do another damian read-through) #but the tldr in advance is i don't think ive ever seen dick & dami's relationship as paternal instead of fraternal #and i think a lot of people get confused and mixed up because they dont realize a caregiver can not be a parental role #also the underlying western familialism belief and support of the racism in talia's character is common in that group of people #not all ofc but. when its a recurring theme its kinda hmm to see but ill talk about that more in depth later