#but whitewashing Just flora seems so... targeted and on purpose

[floralovebot]

i've noticed that a lot of winx fanart doesn't whitewash aisha but does whitewash flora and it's like,, you guys know that's still bad right? you guys know flora isn't just a quirked up tanned white girl right? you guys know that discussions of whitewashing aren't exclusively in regard to black characters right? you guys know it's still racist and whitewashing to lighten just flora right? you guys know that keeping aisha's skin tone correct doesn't make it okay to whitewash flora right?

#its so... #for some reason its more annoying to whitewash just one of them and i dont know why #like obviously its Bad either way #but it feels so much more... deliberate when its just one #like how are you going to get one skin tone right and another wrong?? #like thats On Purpose #whitewashing both is obviously on purpose too but idk it just feels so much weirder to me when its just one #idk there's just So Much fanart with Practically White flora and not whitewashed aisha?? #its so weird to me?? #listen im not saying i want aisha to be whitewashed too like obviously not #but whitewashing Just flora seems so... targeted and on purpose #instead of just Usual Racism it feels so much more Specific #does that make sense?? #i think it feels worse because not whitewashing aisha shows that they tried with her or knew theyd get backlash #meanwhile they either didn't try with flora - wanted to make her white - or genuinely think its okay to lighten her #like they Know it's wrong with aisha but don't know that with flora and it's like ??? my dude ?????