#boom RACISM

[crybaby-bkg]

I wish more media understood that you don’t have to include unnecessary racism in order to make a show more interesting or appealing 💔

#I literally just got so upset #bc I fucking loved this show #it was so satisfying and GOOD like I was genuinely interested every week #and boom here’s a shit load of racism that’s so blatant it’s supposed to be satirical #but atp it’s not!!!! it’s just tiring and frustrating cause we’re already living in these times!!!! #you think I wanna see more in the shows I watch to escape from that bullshit!!!!! #so frustrated and like actually hurt a lil bit LOL #that sucks bawls #tw: racism #—in store chit chat! 🍫

[stressedbeetle]

sometimes I watch video footage of Sweden from several years ago (70s, 50s, 1920s etc) because, I like history and I find it interesting. But then when I unfortunately check the comments there will without fail always be so many racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic comments saying that Sweden has been overrun and that the time from the video was the "good old days". Which just makes me SO FUCKING MAD PLEASE JUST SHUT UP YOU RACIST PIECE OF SHIT

#and then they always spread some false statistic #that's just so easy to google and see is false #but people don't and they just like and agree with the comment #can people just educate themselves please #no Sweden will not “loose” it's culture #no we will not become an islamic country #when there was a boom in Finnish immigrants in the 50s and 60s etc #an immigration group almost just as large as the Syrian immigration group #guess what?! #literally nothing happened #We still have our swedish culture #with a little dash of Finnish on the side #as those people continue to be a minority group in Sweden #And I'm willing to bet that people back then were just as afraid of Swedish culture being replaced by Finnish as they are of all the #middle eastern cultures they group together #racism #xenophobia #islamophobia #Sweden

[whatudottu]

You know, sitting here thinking about TFP humanformers I have rather found it difficult to come up with an idea for a human Predaking, seeing as how his entire schtick as a predacon lead him to being depersonified and marked as a beast before folks realised he could transform.

I mean, these are just humanformer ideas based on Predaking KEEPING his canonical treatment rather than making Predaking and changing the dynamics that way. It does involve some uh... dehumanisation under the cut to keep with the theme, so keep in mind if you DO read, but those parts are mainly in the 'struggling to come up with a concept that isn't racist' section.

The first ideas that I had for him would probably to make him into a super soldier, and sure it works but- if you attempt to 'discipline' a super soldier the way Starscream tried to do so with a predacon's beast mode, I think you'll be walking away with broken shins (aka not walking at all). Another idea was to bring a fucked up 'shockwave inspired' element that would lead to the amp 'beast' comparisons to be made, but the more 'beastman' version of this idea is VERY DELICATE to work with (read: comparing a human to an animal is VERY HISTORICALLY and still PRESENTLY a not great thing to do) but also doesn't quite FEEL that predacon to me; predacons are emphasised to be ANCIENT not that they are extant animals, so if Shockwave has done anything to beastify a human I think insecticons may be that unit of humans.

No, I think that for a human to be considered a beast without being racist about it would be to turn predacons from 'animals' to 'monsters', to Frankenstein's monsters. Though I thought of I think a vague Frankenstein comparison before, I will bring up that many others have also seen some modern Prometheus allegories between Shockwave and Predaking. I was mainly inspired by my [insert number here] rewatch of OSP's Frankenstein episode and especially the particular eye colour Adam was depicted with, but the basic idea of being a dead person brought back to life with the best pieces carefully selected by someone wholly dedicated to the craft of science (irrespective of Frankenstein's dropout status) plus how the monster is almost universally feared? Come on, this is the 'in' I needed if I wanted to keep the general fear of the unknown with Predaking and the Decepticon High Command.

And what better show to introduce a character that is this compilation of ancient human DNA and real corpse than a show that has previously introduced ZOMBIES and will later introduce VAMPIRES!?

If Shockwave shows up, after 3 seasons worth of knowing what a zombie is and that it's a real possible thing to happen - in addition to the fact your own fucking leader stuck a shard of 'zombie making' juice into his chest/bloodstream/whatever the humanformers version of Megan would do - with a creature visibly made up of the dead with eyes of something very non-human, would you welcome them with open arms? Adam Frankenstein certainly wasn't, not even from his own dad which Predaking can at least attest to actually having SOME sort of decent relationship with Shockwave.

In a way, it modifies the predacon fossil scavenger hunt to be 'global graverobbers' which in a humanformers setting might actually be 'go to this great battle and recover the bones of not only our but our enemies bones to provide a human base' which could EMPHASISE the monstrosity of Predaking's nature as a melting pot of old friends and foe mashed together into one fucked up super soldier. In a canon parallel this mixture of gene sequences and cadavers would still influence Knock Out and Starscream to think turning the corpse of C.Y.L.A.S. into their own super soldier would still be a good idea, having something else besides the dark 'energon' (if it is not still energon) fuck up the experiment and make a tech-modified human into some kinda fucked up vampire. Heck, with this old post of mine comparing the looks of the new predacons to the two big blue (dead) bots, this humanformers concept for Predaking can persist and continue to be used by Shockwave to create Skylynx and Darksteel, not made of battles long passed but of the freshest bodies the scientist would have access to.

But I guess canonically there has only ever been 2 zombie hordes throughout the entirety of TFP, if you consider the horde in Thirst to be very hungry vampire thralls instead (considering they were killed rather than revived, I'd place them under 'vampire'), so perhaps not a lot of bots can go 'this is terrifying' and not a lot of evidence that Shockwave can gather about why they are at this level of hesitancy; it's not a simple fear of the unknown, it's the type of fear from experience. But I have a trick up my sleeve!

BOOM, Altered Loyalties baby; human edition, of course.

This might deserve it's own post but essentially, a humanformers 'Shockwave's Monster' Predaking would have a lot more precedence for being a Unicron made monstrosity if the threat of Unicron damned creatures exist as a background constant. A threat to base verse to their position on Earth, a threat in humanformers because the dead outnumber them. All the while, Shockwave stands beside a being created from those very same dead that may or may not have risen from the corruption of WHATEVER it is within the Earth's core, only to announce this is a very new SUPER SOLDIER!? Zombies are one thing with their durability and their hordes, but this creature - this DEMON - stands there with advance agility, enhanced endurance, and superior strength!?

To later find that it - that HE - is not merely a walking corpse, but an intellectual, sends shivers even down Megatron's spine. Megatron, the head of one of the last remaining shreds of humanity, staring at the undead being not only made to be harder, better, faster, stronger than him, but capable of intelligence in much the same way as the poetic ex-gladiator.

He WILL NOT go extinct.

#predaking #tfp predaking #this is mostly a talk about him even with the passing mention of others #transformers #tfp #humanformers #maccadam #i did want to mention that there might have been ideas scraping at the edge of racism because well: they kinda did #ask to tag #but otherwise they were indeed just a part of the thinking process in 'how do i dehumanise a person without making it an animal thing' #boom bang supernatural shit that shockwave somehow scientifically got to #i think it would be some version of fucked up organ donation in combination with 'mysterious science' stuff #like predaking probably looks like multiple different folk both con and bot might recognise #but it's not as if shockwave just used the pieces AS IS it's probably just a gene base for cloning #predaking (and other predacons) probably all have the non-human eyes and even tho shockwave is just utterly desperate as a scientist to fin #that confounding variable causing the eye colour- ultimately since it isn't actively detrimental to performance outside of other's percepti #(something shockwave couldn't even be bothered to care about one let alone less) #he'd kinda let that be until he eventually finds out a routes out that probable cause #but this was a huge ramble on how i'd probably deal with a humanformers predaking #under the assumption that i keep the dynamics the same and just adding details (that could work if not similarly to the main version) #and hope the brief mention of racism is enough of an explanation as to WHY i didn't go with some ideas

[awkward-teabag]

Can't even mention that a store near me is clearly using abusing the TFW program because they refuse to pay little more than minimum wage in a high cost of living area (also you won't get benefits and you'll only be part-time) because the fascists and right-wingers will jump in to say it's about immigration and white replacement.

No, it's because rich white people want to hoard even more money and found an intentional loophole to both make more money (via paying employees less) and also have more power over employees, employees who may or may not know Canadian employment laws (or safety laws) and even if they do, don't have the ability or support to try to hold the company accountable.

You can absolutely criticize the federal government for keeping the loophole open but it predates Trudeau by decades and it was Harper who both expanded the program and added a way for companies to fast-track TFWs. It was also under Harper that companies started firing Canadians (or not hiring them) and then requesting permission to mass-hire TFWs instead.

But the way the right wing talks, you would think Trudeau started this whole thing and the poor multi-million and multi-billion dollar companies are being taken advantage of. Also that housing prices, lack of new developments, and zoning issues started with Trudeau and are the fault of mass-immigration he has a boner for instead of being an issue for decades and experts warning this would happen if governments didn't act ASAP.

Instead the neolibs and cons kept cutting back and kicking that can down the road, a can that started being kicked by Mulroney and the Conservative Party.

#as a 90s kid i grew up with warnings about healthcare and housing and how we needed mass immigration or a massive baby boom #because of the utter lack of federal support and an aging workforce #the systems were already being strained to their limits and there literally weren't enough millennials to replace retiring workers #*or* bring in enough taxes to fund said systems when the system needed it the most #not even increase funding just keeping the same funding that was already not enough #also the right conveniently ignores (or doesn't know about) the extremely predatory recruitment industry #that targets people overseas while lying and charging large amounts of money to bring tfws to canada #you could even blame chretien for expanding it to include 'low-skilled' workers which is what companies are abusing it for #hell even trudeau sr for creating it in the first place even though it was originally made for high-skilled or niche jobs #but no the blame is always trudeau jr with a ton of racism and brownnosing capitalists #because all these problems sprang up suddenly under him #and in no way did harper start/expand/not end/be complicit in any of this /s #though i guess for some of the fascists it seems that way 'cause they weren't personally affected by it until now #and companies have stopped trying to pretend they aren't grabbing as much money as possible because fuck anyone else #even though it's been like that for decades and capitalism itself encourages companies to skim money off the top #while not having the checks and balances to limit just how much #for that you need governments to regulate things and that doesn't work when you have leaders who are anti-regulation #and who believe in trickle down economics #just... the whole thing is not happening in a bubble and involves multiple people and both the neolibs and cons #because it's been building for decades #but you can't bloody say that because the moment you mention housing/jobs/healthcare and/or tfws #you get inundated by fascists who think you're one of them and hit you with some of the most unhinged shit #or who don't even care about you and just want someone to rant at about how it's the evil left's fault for everything #hell you can't even say you don't like trudeau because same thing: fascists think you're one of them or someone to bring into the cult

[hoedameron]

#racism won u guys 💔 #didn’t want to rb the original post bc the op meant well it’s just unfortunate that everyone sees a white character and boom #that’s all anyone really cares about #anyways it’s the same of thing I’ve always been saying you guys don’t need the refresher

[whycantwegivellove]

white “leftists” are soooo eager to tell american muslims that they’ll be deported if they don’t vote for biden and it makes me want to commit arson tbh

#why are you frothing at the mouth to say those things!! why!!! #exhibit 4826479264 where white people pretend to be ‘allies’ but as soon as you step out of line BOOM racism #my rambles

[whats-in-a-sentence]

In the postwar era, Anglo-American eugenic attention extended to the global population explosion – particularly in what was then called the underdeveloped world. No doubt for some reform eugenicists the rapidly multiplying populations of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America represented some sort of immense "social problem group". Yet it required no race prejudice to find a good deal that was dysgenic in the proliferation of people in environments that offered inadequate food, housing, education, and medical care.²⁴

24. Julian S. Huxley, "Eugenics in Evolutionary Perspective" [Galton lecture, 1962], in Julian S. Huxley, Essays of a Humanist (Harper & Row, 1964), pp. 266-67. Osborn argued that whether the social qualities of children from lower-income homes were in origin genetic, environmental, or some combination of the two, their "relative inadequacy" tended to be handed on to the next generation. Frederick Osborn, "Qualitative Aspects of Population Control: Eugenics and Euthenics", Law and Contemporary Problems, Summer 1960, p. 416, copy in American Eugenics Society Papers, box 15.

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

#book quotes #in the name of eugenics #daniel j kevles #nonfiction #post war #anglo american #eugenics #population boom #underdeveloped #population growth #asia #middle east #latin america #social problems #racism #prejudice #dysgenic #inadequate #food #housing #education #medical care #julian huxley #frederick osborn #nature #nurture

[writebackatya]

Donald Duck definitely has some Halloween costumes he regrets wearing for…reasons

#you know EXACTLY what I’m talking about #do you ever watch an old Donald Duck cartoon and then…BOOM casual racism

[americanegg]

I was so wrapped up in dnd campaigns where tieflings are accepted that for a second I lived in a world where og dnd racism didn't exist ,,, Imma be real fucking honest

#i completely fucking forgot that racism is real guys #the way i love playing tieflings in dnd cuz theyre cool #first nonparty npc interaction BOOM *tiefling slur* #bg3

[bellamer]

Sonic fandom in a nutshell:

Dickhead: SONIC ISN'T BLACK ! STOP TRYING TO SAY THAT HE'S BLACK ! HE'S A HEDGEHOG !

Person: But what if I humanize him or make him into a gijinka ? Then can I make him black ?

Dickhead: NO ! HE'S NOT BLACK, HE'S A HEDGEHOG, STOP TRYING TO GIVE HIM A RACE !

Person: But this was him if he wasn't a hedgehog.

Dickhead: BUT-

Person: You said it yourself, he's a hedgehog, he has no race, so if he was human, I would get to make him any race I want because he has no confirmed race. So I choose to make him black. Unless you're one of those idjits who get so uncomfortable with seeing black people in their media, that you seethe at someone else's own portrayal of a humanized version of a hedgehog.

Dickhead: ....... Okay, fine, yes, I just want Sonic to be white.

Person: And that's okay ! Yours can be white, and mine can be black !

Dickhead:..... BUT STILL, LET ME EXPLAIN WHY HE WOULDN'T BE BLACK IF HE WAS HUMAN, HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE MANNERISMS OF A BLACK PERSON, HE-

Person: Oh my fucking GOD !

#sonic the hedgehog #humanized sonic #sonic gijinka #sonic movie #sonic boom #sonic x #sonic games #sonic comics #gijinka #antiblackness #racism #fandom racism

[monempathieetmoi]

Alors il m'est encore arrivé un truc, vous n'êtes pas prêts ! ( mention spéciale à @orianeetmoi)

Comme me traiter de raciste ne suffisait pas, mon voisin a attendu la nuit pour... venir cracher sur ma voiture. Appelons le "gronchon".

Et comme mon mari l'a pris en flagrant délit, au lieu de s'excuser, gronchon fils nous a insultés et menacés de violence physique.

On a essayé de calmer le jeu parcequ'on s'est dit qu' on n'allait pas partir voir la police pour une histoire aussi débile. Ça arrive à tout le monde de faire une dinguerie (Même si les menaces étaient salées)

MAIS, deux jours plus tard, gronchon fille a traité ma plus grande (12 ans) de petite conne raciste. Parceque... Elle jouait devant la maison avec sa petite soeur, à priori un peu trop près des voitures.

Je vais les voir pour comprendre ce qui se passe et... soit disant ma fille est une menteuse, je suis malpolie parceque je ne dis pas bonjour et je suis bizarre parceque je suis malpolie.

Le fait qu'on n'ait pas les mêmes horaires et que , du coup, on ne se croise jamais, ça n'a pas l'air de compter 🤦‍♀️

Autant vous dire qu'à ce moment j'ai bien compris que la lumière n'était pas allumée à tous les étages dans la famille gronchon. J'ai donc mis fin à la conversation et je suis repartie chez moi en disant qu'à partir de maintenant les problèmes de voitures se régleront avec la police municipale.

Et SURTOUT me suis promis de ne plus avoir de contacts avec eux. Genre plus jamais.

Le lendemain j'ai retrouvé mon par-brise éclaté par un contenant en verre. Cassage volontaire.

Le plus beau dans tout ça ? :

J'ai des cameras de surveillance.

#ma vie #police #voisins #voisins cons #les cronchons #lol #camera #plainte #voiture #racisme #surveillance #vie de quartier #boom #gronchon #les gronchons

[livepoultryfreshkilled]

jesus

#you’re sitting there enjoying 30 rock and then boom. insane amount of racism out of nowhere #mocking tracy morgan for speaking out against being treated like a minstrel #whatever that one episode with liz trying not to be racist by dating a black man #was #toofer as a concept #antiblack racism #remembering why i stopped rewatching this show

[badoggie]

ill never forget binging kitboga's videos for days and days and then finding this 2 yr old vid 😭😭 wtf

#white dudes be like *boom* casual racism #kitboga

[disneybooklist]

The three lives of Thomasina (1964)

Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God by Paul Gallico (1957)

#Ok this one is hard #Because I loved the book except for the outrageous and horrible racism! #The racism ruined an otherwise beautiful book #So very much like life #The movie is very good and fun but again #Outrageous unnecessary racism #I would like to edit this book and take it all out and just have a lovely story about a good girl and her good cat #The three lives of Thomasina #Disney #1964 #Thomasina #the Cat Who Thought She Was God #boom #Paul Gallico #1950 #Cat #Cat book #Cat movie

[clowningaroundmars]

anyone else scared to death of the REAL obvious signs of control the younger generations are exhibiting lately

like im watching all these yt video essays on microblading, "looksmaxing", anti-aging routines, "signs that your partner is micro-cheating", teens and young adults' obsession with categorizing everything and turning everything into an aesthetic/trend (wtf was up with those "blueberry milk nails" like???), the existence of PURITEENS... i mean like

im not saying younger teens are developing OCD or anything but jfc this is all snowballing into scary symptoms lately. how tf are 14 year olds on tiktok doing a 19-step skincare routine "to prevent wrinkles"? YOU ARE FOURTEEN

#mine #i weep for this newer generation #i know that every generation has their own traumas #and that not every single human being in one 'generation' is just like their peers #but im.... very worried that we're gonna have a repeat of the last century in the exact same structure #20's-30's is a great time for queer and minority culture #lots of advancements flourishing #then boom idk WAR maybe #and thats lookin more and more like the case every single day #maybe the US wont go to war per se but this country will most certainly cause another one in our lifetimes #and then all of a sudden culturally we regress back to puritan values and restrictions just like the 50's #im JUST SAYIN #boomers are the way they are bc the silent generation buttoned themselves up too tightly #and now look where we are #i know teens nowadays are horribly depressed and its not for no reason #but yall have GOT to fight to create a better future for your kids and other ppls kids #otherwise we'll see racism and sexism of likes we've never seen before #kids are ALREADY getting into phrenology with this looksmaxing and skincare bs #and throwing spiritualism into the mix with 'angel vs witch faces' def doesnt help either #kids..... learn your history #do NOT fall into fascist rabbitholes #ffs #AND THERES NO SUCH THINGS AS THOUGHT CRIMES DAMNIT