zeegoeshere

Seriously? No one called you ignorant or racist. You're behaving like this is ABOUT YOU, and it really, really isn't. It's fandom-wide. It's all over. No one has said that you're ignorant or racist, and in fact, people have gone OUT OF THEIR WAY to make sure that your feelings weren't hurt in this discussion. No one called you a bad person, so I have to say that when a person of color or group of people say, "hey, fandom, this isn't on. has anyone noticed how we're treating people of color?" and you come and say they have it wrong, that they're making something about race when according to you -- the person that doesn't even read GCH fic in the first place and therefore doesn't actually KNOW -- it isn't about race, that's offensive.

No one said that you're a bad person, ignorant, racist, or an asshole, so stop acting like you're being attacked. This is a discussion, not an attack. You came into a discussion and said that the poster is wrong, that those who believe that race is informing people's choice to write or not write characters are wrong, but when other people try to give you context, you say that we're all ganging up on you. Do you see why that's a problem?

People of color in fandom can't actually talk about race issues in fandom because (a) white people come in and tell them they're wrong and (b) make the situation all about them, ignoring how racism within fandom affects people of color in fandom, and acting like they're being attacked even when they're not.