You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.

[mimesere]

So, there are a whole host of intelligent, rational, articulate posts on the latest round of race related fandom shenanigans over at daily_deviant, starting with witchqueen and annavtree and handily rounded up by liviapenn in this post.

This is not an intelligent, rational, or articulate post on the subject.

Mostly what I want to say is this: HEY, STOP BEING DICKS, daily_deviant! Because seriously, I don't know what else to call it. When called on being unintentionally racist due to ignorance, the proper response is not to STOP BEING UNINTENTIONALLY RACIST AND TO START BEING INTENTIONALLY SO. Dicks. How fucking hard is it to be all, "Well, you know, let's use this other word which does not actually have the racist connotations which have been pointed out to us." HOW HARD IS THAT? How hard is it TO NOT BE A RACIST DICK?

Apparently too fucking hard. Like, this is leaving aside the industrial strength WTF of having interracial relationships be a kink, which hello, is WTF on a level I can't even *deal with*. But yeah. Stop being racist dicks. Because once you've been educated, perpetuation of the racist behavior stops being ignorance and starts being intentionally hurtful.

There's more, but I honestly cannot wrap my brain around the WTF-ery of this whole stupid situation. In my head, I just keep coming up with mean taglines like:

HP Race Shenanigans '07: Because "Blaise Zabini Is Black! Noes!" Wasn't Bad Enough
and
HP Race Shenanigans '07: Let's Party Like It's 1849!

That is where I am. Angry, unhelpful, and frustrated.

Comments

[claire.livejournal.com]

Indeed. They probably didn't even have any good booze back in 1849 either. :/

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

Even aside from the obvious, I get the feeling that they're fairly stupid over there.

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the TONE. Seriously, why do I keep reading things that say the tone was all wrong and therefore no one's a racist? WHY AM I READING SO MUCH STUPID AND WRONG? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME WANTING TO HURT MYSELF WITH THIS?

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

*offers you margarita in a bag*

*which, PS, I have not yet been able to find in Boston*

*misses you*

[cyprinella]

At least yesterday also gave us ducklings in a coffee cup! That was the best.

[cesario.livejournal.com]

alas, you don't have to go as far back of 1849 to get to the Party of Fail in certain areas of the country. Like, say, where I am.