#seeing some people's interpretations of sokka leaves me wanting to crack my skull open

[katarascape]

can we, as a fandom, please take a minute to appreciate that reducing sokka - the guy who canonically invented submarines and worked out the flaws in the war balloons - to a himbo, or the ‘dumb comedic relief’ is not only inaccurate as far as canon goes but also super fucking racist.

you don’t need to go very far back in world history to see how white people have viewed poc (especially dark-skinned poc) as ‘inferior’ including - you guessed it - intellectually.

for anyone not understanding that: dark-skinned people were believed to be dumb. and clearly some people still think that.

because, guess what, sokka is dark-skinned! and actually really really smart! and writing him off as a himbo is just wrong.

#swearing tw #racism #fandom crit #atla #sokka #seeing some people's interpretations of sokka leaves me wanting to crack my skull open #i just- #do people not get that? #do they not realise how dark-skinned people have been written off #and compared to apes?? #and how it still happens #and being considered in the same kind of intelligence?? #do people really not recognise that what they're doing is wrong? #i'm a reformed high int low wis interpretation of sokka myself #because someone pointed out that he's more adhd than low wis #so i've seen the light as far as that goes #but seriously #he's not dumb #don't treat him like he is