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Black American Privilege: A Poem
Black American privilege
looks like being told to make amends for our hypervisibility
by people who refuse to fucking
see us
as people
period.
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Some tough truths for you…
No one who frames fans of color talking about racism in fandom as bullies, ideological purists, haters, cops, antis, etc actually cares about people of color (outside of their sometimes treasured tokens). Continue reading
[Stitch Talks Ish] Episode 6: When Black Lives Matter, But Black Opinions Don’t
They’ve bought the books. they own White Fragility. They share their few friends of colors’ GoFundMe ease and cashapps. They really do care about racism in the abstract.
And of course, they definitely don’t want Black people being killed because we’re Black, but they also don’t really care about us as people. Continue reading
Why Write About Fandom Racism At A Time Like This?
The short answer? We live in a racist world and that world doesn’t stop existing when someone crosses over some kind of threshold to fandom. The long answer? In fact, because fandom communities are insular and twist themselves in circles … Continue reading
On Korean Artists Using Their Platforms to Say that Black Lives Matter
I didn’t expect that I’d be writing about the Black Lives Matter movement in the context of Korean pop and hip hop music – or their fandoms. But that’s what this post is actually about – barring some all too … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, Black Lives Matter, K-Pop, Korean hip hop, politics
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This Shit Is Hard (On Current Antiblack Events)
It is very difficult to create meaningful, hopeful content at a time like this when we are watching Black people around the country protest our continuing oppression and the fact that our murders can now be recorded… and ignored because … Continue reading
