#darkskin man

[nashvillethotchicken]

I wish there were more black people who were into iwtv so I can talk about how Louis's class and race interests intersected

#iwtv #amc iwtv #iwtv 2022 #its so crazy cus hes from a rich lightskin family in new orleans #like he says hed be a free man of color (not black) if not for jim crow #the intraracial dynamics of new orleans pre-1970 is so genuinely interesting to me and we never get to really get into them bc louis spends #all his time with white/nonblack people and when he is with his black daughter its different bc theyre so isolated from the great black com #like louis was absolutely in jack n jill as a kid. hed be in a blue vein society. hed be an alpha based off his name alone like #hes the black bourgeois class and its so crazy that people say hes middle class in fanworks like no babe. they had darkskin servants #i think it also stems from people relating blackness to poorness. ldpdl is not poor in any sense of the word #he inherented a literal plantation!!!! but because hes black people downplay his class interests (except for other black people) #yknow who really was poor? lestat! like eating syrup sandwiches with the lights and water cut off by the city poor #and yet people act like he grew up hyper rich in fanworks and its like... thats not what happened #you can talk about how jim crow and white supremacy squashed/manipulated the black elite class in nola while acknowledging louis' class #like they both came into the relationship with money (louis' money might have been shorter than lestats #but they still had money) #ldpdl #like i would even wager that louis family dont even consider themselves black like that #cus blackness is defined by whiteness and since louis spends all his time with white people bc of his business hes treated as and sees him- #self as black in a way that his family isnt. theyre only black when theyre made black if that makes sense #theyre black when white people are around

[sh5]

i will be honest. you do have to examine your biases in your personal headcanon designs for characters. to reword it: why do people think it’s okay to give ry/uji p/5 black features and no one else. having him be darkskinned against a lily-white ak/ira. can we examine why you put dark skin and thick lips on the character who is routinely called a monkey, stupid, brutish, etc etc etc. by the other characters AND the metanarrative/the developers!!!! like maybe that headcanon is showing some biases really, REALLY overtly, to the extent that I can’t believe I haven’t seen anyone talking abt this

#lee speaks #this is obviously not talking about black artists drawing their fave characters as black. this is about other fanartists having these weird #headcanons that say ‘this man is literally called stupid all the time so he must be darkskinned’

[tariah23]

I didn’t know that they were making a movie/doc on Latasha Harlins…… unfortunately, they have a light bright playing her.

#she was darkskinned… fucking hell #this is so disrespectful #apparently the filmakers are black too #rambling #it’s bad enough that we can’t trust whites and nbs to properly cast us appropriately but we also have to constantly deal with black #filmakers doing the same shit #even her hair is… it’s not #it’s just colorism/featurism/texturism smashing all together into an ugly pile of bullshit #I hope the film is canceled because my god #do they cast light skins in these sorts of roles because they don’t think that the audience will feel sympathetic enough if it were a #black person of darker complexion… I believe so! #this is so gross #the director is a course a light skinned #casting a light skinned girl to play this little girl is… it takes so much away from her story and what happened to her #especially considering that colorism usually impacts the way black people navigate through life as they encounter non black people #and with how much more surveillance and scrutiny that dark skinned black people are usually put under vs light skinned individuals #a lot of them being mixed and even white passing #the family should sue 🗿 #no wait… apparently her family approved of this film being made :(……. man…

[satorhime]

tiktok really be letting people bully black women in the comment section but will ban your entire account for saying the word sex lol

#literally just saw a video where this darkskin girl has a lightskin baby #and the video was like ‘ thank u 2 my man for going half on this Angel or wtv’ #ppl were in the comments talking abt how ugly she looks compared to the light skin baby #like racism colorism and bullying is okay #but you draw the line at bad words 🥺 #fuck tiktok this is why i don’t use that app

[crsentfairy]

i had the strangest dream last night lol

#crsent.txt #ok so basically in the dream i was engaged to this nerdy lil guy. he was so hot and i was in loooove with his smile! :( #he was fat tall and darkskin with a short afro and goatee and these prettyyyyy ass lipsss!!!! 😩his eyes were light brown too.. #i think he worked in like those corporate office jobs. his soft tummy peeks out once in a while under his dress shirt when he stretches #i was so in love with him in that dream.. #the strange part aforementioned is that i've never seen this man b4 in my life IRL but for some reason his aura felt so.. familiar? #ever since i've found out about that damn spirit spouse shit i've been real paranoid bc nigga WHO SENT U?!?!? 😭

[starlooove]

No but literally fandoms and trends are such an easy way to exemplify racial bias it’s insane

#the lalala okokok trend on tt rn #consistently making darker skinned characters the ok and lighter characters the la despite their personalities #I saw em do it to gwen and miles gumball and Darwin #and here’s the kicker #dick and kory #in what world is kory the ok to dicks la like wtf 💀 #and they say it’s bc they don’t wanna stigmatize women but they only ever do it to darkskinned women #see the don’t need no man trope only ever applying to blk women in that way #they don’t do it w/ Pepper and Tony but they’ll do it with Sam and Misty #interesting #I thought I was reaching the first time I saw it but the pattern is crazy #I aleady know yt ppl gon hop skip and jump to gaslight anyone who mentions it tho 💀 #yknow what looking back on this it depends on WHO did the dick and kory #there’s like 3 ppl who could make dick la and kory ok and it’d be fine #that tiktoker is not one of those ppl they make Duke the normal one and call Damian evil nuff said

[clemleur]

i need to lock daniel kaluuya in my basement and keep him there because he’s insane and demented and not right in the head and he can’t be trusted out in public with the rest of society

#darkskin sexy black man running rampart in the streets trying to kill me #he will crumble #clem talks <3

[southieparkie]

“why would you draw craig as a latino when there’s literally a latino character in the show?!?!”

because unlike david, craig had more than one episode?!?!? 😭

(yall are gonna be OUTRAGED when i tell yall that i draw craig as an afro latino lmfao)

#south park #sp #craig tucker #also seeing him as a peruvian is one thing but the whole darkskined/lightskinned debate is…yikes #also you want me to be so deadass? #its more fun to draw poc than white people #plus if e v e r y o t h e r c h a r a c t e r i n t h e s h o w i s w h i t e #why are u getting upset that i draw o n e c h a r a c t e r with darker skin cause i think it slays #also with the whole ‘there’s an x character right there!’ is it just me or does that seem motivated by tokenism?? #like it just reads to me ‘hey! poc! there’s one of you in the show! he popped up for thirty minutes! go get it poc!! go get ur rep!! #could be just me idk man #i mean this debate is rather pointless cause at the end of the day it’s characters in a tv show #but whatev. i was just thinking abt it today

[velocitic]

severe trust issues bc ppl will say "this show has gay rep! disabled rep!" and then the gay rep and the disabled rep is brutally murdered in episode one

#this is about the show skull island btw :/ saw it being hyped on tumblr but i have to say #the excitement i felt about a deaf character that uses a hearing aid being in an animated show #being so quickly crushed by him being violently tossed off a ship not 15 mins later #maybe he doesnt die? i guess? but man. thats disappointing idk lol #not to mention the first darkskinned black character you see also gets thrown off board. just as a side character he shows up To die #& one of the gay characters introduced tht also got me excited got brutally murdered #like im not saying disabled n queer characters cant die/suffer but #its just. man. dont hype it as a selling point if theyre all gonna get maimed in episode one #and not to mention theres not like. Another deaf character yet. idk im not watching anymore thay was crushing #ALL IN EPISODE ONE! you couldnt even let them exist for like. idk 2 more episodes??? you had to give them 5 scenes and then throw them in #the trash???? #skull island spoilers #to be nice #i guess

[pulchrasilva]

Uh oh I am having some feelings about lizzie's new design and most of them are not good. And I am having further feelings about the fact that not all of them are good and uhh yeah bit of a cycle here

#you can pry mixed lizzie from my cold dead hands man.... i was so hopeful #fuck man #im like low key stressed out now. literally crying and i never cry #but i also feel like a shouldnt be upset ahout this because yayy darkskinned characters in riptide. like thats a good thing #ough #this sucks #i need i need. i need to get into more media with canonically mixed characters #and canonically mixed characters i can adore and obsess over #bc atm i cannot think of many and most of them are from stories About racism. which is not bad but i want some which are not as well #oh well I'll cope i guess #might just go to bed early #this kinda came out of nowhere man im not usually this emotional about it #aaargh i feel baaad :( #vent post

[octopath-archivist]

I do agree that the beastlings have some uncomfortable coding but to be fair ochette isn’t the only dark-skinned protagonist (partitio)

Concept Art Partitio? Absolutely. (May he rest in peace 💔) Canon Partitio? He’s light skinned at best, he’s not exactly there in official art.

#Octopath Traveler 2 #man’s like a Mediterranean typa skin tone in-game #That’s not exactly darkskin

[tariah23]

Apparently racist weebs have forgotten that color palette swaps of playable characters in video games has been a thing since like, ever now.

#someone was happy to see the jeanne color palette with dark skin and their comments were just… #‘stop blackwashing fate-‘ #‘uh this is just like that little mermaid thing again 🙄-‘ #like man huh lol #you’re complaining about a color palette swap being inaccurate when there’s a gang of pale whitewashed servants in the Franchise who are #supposed to be dark skinned #look at dumas lol #they made him a white guy with piano teeth and you’re crying about boring ole jeanne getting darker skin #Dumas is BLACK btw #all these dudes in rl turned into anime girls in this franchise and this is the obvious thing you want to cry about #if a fate fan isn’t calling a darkskinned character their choco princess then they’re complaining about them not being pale #it’s twitter so I don’t expect much #enough #but still lol #rambling #look at what they did to that rider boy omg he doesn’t look Indian at all he’s just a pale white kid #all of these pseudo servants dghggg #like come on

[that-one-queer-poc]

not only clawdeen but cleo and deuce got ytwashed mane wtf

#monster high #monster high reboot #dont even say im reaching w deuce that is a lightskin #like u cast a lightskin for a darkskin part and a yt man for a lightskin part #but all of a sudden you could find a darkskin actress for bloodgood whos a pale ass lightskin #if u can do it for bloodgood u can do it for clawdeen #and u can find all these lightskins for darkskin parts but you cant find lightskins for lightskin parts?? why tf are all these yt ppl here #ugh aggravating

[wakandamama]

Listen, the only time I use the excuse "separate the art from the artists" is for Tobe and Fat Nwigwe. As a Black bisexual Pentecostal they Church Drill Musics just speaks to me😭😭😭😭

#like the man os a darkskinned redflag but also I love Fat wit my whole heart and she refuse to do a song without the man

[jrueships]

#i am NOT tryna start nothing this is JUST some shit i needa get off my chest #i love the other sports fandoms we all ill in the cabezas it's awesome it's swag #but seeing some other sports fans from a sport that u know. Isnt basketball. if u know what i mean #only interact with bball player content where the player there has been 'babyized' 'etherealized' whatever #and is lighter. it's kinda like. damn ok #like i get just havin one or 2 favs from a media u dont rlly consume but when u also come from a place where u can see an unbreakin pattern #it's just kinda. idk. weird #like they select the one 'pretty one' in their eyes then see the others as shit #or they reblog like maybe The One Chosen darkskin but all they gotta say is one basic trait theyre fine with knowin abt em #so they can fit in their pattern or serve as an instrument in that pattern #someone who can be just a crude plot device for their favorite patron saint #but also be used as an example in their pattern's background checks #like preferences are up to personal conception but when ppl gotta see others unjustly #just to justify their preference then is ur preference really all that 'Perfect' when u gotta create problems elsewhere #to make urs look. 'smarter' or 'better'? #idk shit just rubs me offly man. it just sucks to see and it's not like u can just close ur eyes cus u Can #but they fact that u Can just tells that theres smthin not Right then #and more abt the 'better descriptions' thing like even with ppl i dont rlly care abt.. it's like i see it and it's like #thats not right.. u know ? like fuck bro embiid sucks hes annoying hes not!! nice!! #but seeing twitter like bastardize the shit outta him for any sign of emotion cus it's automatically evil #then give someone like grant allen an excuse to also be evil because it's 'funnier' and 'what a savage lol' #like! damn . alright. yall love screamin why cant people just be people till u gotta treat em like so cus apparently #thats so fuckin hard to do #yall cant celebrate differences so yall celebrate sameness when thats literally a factor in #diminishing demonizing or discarding human qualities #it's just kinda shitty idk btw this is abt no moot here or specific ppl so if anyone comes in my askbox tryna start smthin imma sleep #these are real world problems n the fact that ure steppin into shit that has nothin to do with u #n make it all about u should be ur answer

[dew-droppies]

ik i said i wasnt gonna talk about it anymore but the genshin fandom got 1000 times worse after those sumeru characters got leaked.

#i dont even wanna play this shitass game anymore man #from the orientalist outfits and everyone being pale as snow #and now them naming a character after a darkskin african queen only to make her lighter than a brown paper bag #not to mention people have just gotten increasingly more racist i cant take this shit anymore #im sick #genshin