I think the problem is white people don't really understand white-washing and they feel as if it is the norm, they feel as if we are in a white world and to a certain extent we are, but the real world, the world that we live in is mixed. When reality sets in and it isn't all white everything they feel like something is wrong when in fact the case is actually reversed, something is wrong with them.
I consider myself to be Mexican because my mother and her entirely family is from Mexico, even though my father is white. I look REALLY white and there are people (including my own grandmother,who insists that I am white) who refuse to accept my race because I don't look like a stereotypical Mexican. Just because you look like one race, doesn't mean you are, so all this debate is kinda pointless.
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That’s been the whole point of the debate to not assume that a race = specific physical features. I wasn’t saying all hispanic, black, white, etc look exactly this way i was saying that no race has a specific set of characteristics. That’s been the point. My point has been that it’s wrong for someone to instantly assume a persons race because they may be lighter or have green eyes or this or that or the other.
is this entire kerfuffle over jesse williams possibly playing finnick? or just about finnick maybe being black?
Finnick possibly being any other race that isn’t 100% white.
I just wanted to say that you are completely 100% RIGHT. The people who don't understand what you're saying obviously haven't thought deeply about the complexities of racism and all it's forms.
Are the gifs you use to answer asks also posted and tagged normally or are they only in the asks/not posted otherwise?
Some of them are already on here some of them i haven’t gotten to uploading yet, but eventually they’ll all be uploaded.
LOL these bitches coming at you are reaching so far.
I know, right?
Okay, yeah, immediately assuming she's latina is careless reading but immediately assuming he's white isn't? Explain to me how that isn't racist, I fucking dare you.
That’s such an amazing point, why didn’t I think of that!?
Then we are on the same page. Do all these asks from all these people make you ridiculously exhausted?
Yes, they do. It’s funny though there’s so many racist anons and EVERY racist ask is from an anon, not a single one of them have the nerve to spew their racist vomit outside of anon. It’s because they know, they know deep down they’re being racist as fuck and they don’t want to deal with the consequences of that.
It’s really annoying, they’re all saying the same damn thing to and it’s even worse because they have themselves convinced that what their saying is okay.
The problem with this whole Hunger Games debacle is that people ALWAYS assume a character is white because white is the norm. Yes, the description reads as a typical white person; however, I know plenty of POC (oh, hey, Jesse Williams) that have the exact same features. So why the anger and, yes, blatant racism? Characters get white washed all the time and no one cries foul (except POC but then we get told we're ~overreacting~) so why the visceral reactions to this? I know why, but ask yourself.
Just all of it, the internalized racism of our society is such bullshit. I hate how no one seems to see what’s wrong with instantly assuming a character is white or the fact that they don’t think it’s bad to be offended at the thought of a character MAYBE not being white.
It’s ridiculous!
HOW THE HELL COULD YOU OICTURE JOHANNA AS LATINA BEFORE YOU KEW ANY THING ABOUT HER. That is CARELESS reading. so you just RANDOMLY ome up with random races in your brain?! THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT FINNICK SHOULD LOOK LIKE. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ
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/assuming that people of certain races act certain ways and have very specific personalities.
