moonflowerwater obsessed mentally ill bisexual

I'm genuinely curious why as a fandom we decided that Mary is black.

Her surname is McDonald, how tf can I work with a black character named MCDONALD???

Now I have to make her mixed and not fully Ethiopian, and all of this is because of whoever though it's a smart move.

Do you have any idea how ignorant you sound.

Why would a Black person… presumably a Black British person… have a Scottish surname you ask?

I am begging you to think critically for a moment here.

In the 1970s most Black Brits were first or second windrush generation.

Hey so I already answered your comment, but I see you go out of your way to shame people so I'll answer here too.

I'm not European, so naturally I'm not educated on European history.

Thinking all people in the world know about European history is very self-centric. I bet you don't know half the history of Asia or north Africa.

If you do, well, good for you, but we are humans so no need to call others ignorant over a GENUINE QUESTION they asked.

There was no shaming involved. Just an explanation you could've come to if you thought (or hell even googled) for a millisecond before you posted.

Colonial history isn’t European history. It is global history. There is no country on this earth that hasn't been affected by it in a major way. It is your history.

You were the one who went out of your way to ask how tf you could possibly work with a Black character who had a Scottish surname. We are telling you that (a) this is in no way uncommon and (b) in the marauders era specifically (since that's the context in which this fanon came about!!) it was even more common than it is now as most Black Brits were of Carribean descent during the 1970s and (c) you don't even need to know the particulars because this remains true of colonised people around the world to this day??? wherever you are??? this is common knowledge I fear!!!

Its not the fanfic we have issue with. You're welcome to write Mary any way you wish. Trust and believe, nobody cares.

It's your argument that it doesn't make sense for her to be a certain race because she has a Scottish surname that was astoundingly ignorant.

People of Non-european races still having European surnames remains one of the most basic lingering effects of colonisation around the WORLD. You don't need to be European to figure this one out.

In fact, you're probably even more likely to know this if you're not!!!

You don't even need to know much about the deeper issues of colonialism. This is fairly surface level. Plenty of twelve year olds know this.

Hence why I asked you to think critically. For just for a moment.

No.

First of all.

You do not talk to my friends like he's an ignorant sob

Secondly.

As a history lover myself- I knew these things, and I fear that normal people (sorry, not sorry) aren't really familiar with every bit and part of history.

And yes. These are bits.

And parts.

And people who aren't obsessed with knowing history are not familiar with these subjects.

My friend has asked a question.

I'm asking you to please, next time, answer a genuine question with respect.

People want to learn.

It's in our nature. And the way you acted takes all the fun out of learning.