It's funny how racists just copy the language of people of color whenever we're talking about the things that apply to us. They're so quick to call things performative activism whenever their usual arguments don't work against us--but they call everything they dont agree with performative activism. We complain about white people speaking over PoC and they start searching for PoC that agree with their racist opinions--and then accuse us of speaking over PoC (btw people of the same marginalized IDs cannot speak over each other. You look dumb as hell saying a Black person is speaking over another Black person on race issues that apply to both of them). We complain about white people dominating spaces for and some supposedly anti racist spaces being entirely white liberals and then y'all call literally. Any. Anti racist stance just white people making noise about a nonissue. You're transparent as fuck.
like racists can argue around anything and copy basic arguments structures to defend themselves as seen below. but they'll always be soulless copies that fundamentally miss the core of the issue.
coz white supremacy works for them and they will not admit that to themselves.
anyway [redacted] if a friend of yours shows u this, i hope Jesus skips out on you during Rapture!!✌😙
uwtbb is a relatively small scoped advocacy and ur showing ur hand like this. ew.
This is the art and media version of "racism is a two-way street" (against white people).
We know what whitewashing is. It's making a person of color appear whiter through various channels. What the FUCK is racewashing? What do these people determine is "too dark"? What race is doing the washing here? What race is being touted as the superior one through this supposed misrepresentation of Maaori appearances?
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First screenshot// I understand whitewashing is an issue for some, but please don’t racewash our boys! Please - Hunter Anon Second screenshot// the racewashing and the fact that there are people who actually advocate for it is a pretty big issue - i think because it gets applauded? i just got a couple anons telling me that deliberately drawing the clones darker or with different features than tem has is just fine, actually, and saying it’s bad is racist, and also racewashing doesn’t even exist and i’m over here like >.> do you have eyes, anons? brain cells? don’t really understand that line of logic but okayyyyyy
anyhoo, yes!! don’t racewash our boys!!!
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White washing bears the weight of actual societal bias though. Not to mention the historical baggage that ties into the stigma that comes with dark skin / non-white features being demonized.
The term “racewashing” doesn’t even work as an official term because they are just borrowing what exists and trying to flip it to create an opposing side without understanding why “white washing” is called the way it is.
It’s because historically, a lot of our “ethnic” features have been seen as dirty. Something to be “cleaned up” to be more palatable to society. And how they would often take a lot of those features and compare us to animals, degrade us and dehumanize us.
If I were being generous (and I’m trying to be), it sounds like what they say is “racewashing” is more of a critique on inaccurately portraying poc with the features of other poc, but even if that were the case, it’s not even on the same level of seriousness as white washing.
White washing is a form of insidious erasure and what they call “racewashing” sounds to be more of an technical inaccuracy when painting. At best.