white male and female pair: *emotionally charged moments of any kind*
fandom: OMG SHIP
two (usually white) male characters: *emotionally charged moments of any kind*
fandom: OMG SHIP
interracial couple: *emotionally charged moments with obvious romantic undertones, canonical ship teasing or ACTUAL CANON romance*
fandom: wow I love their friendship/idk I just don't see them romantically ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#fandom racism#fandom#fandom issues#fandom negativity#interracial#interracial ships#representation#representation issues#media representation#fandom antiblackness#straight#mf ships#mf#hetero#het#black characters#black female characters#asian female characters#asian characters#white fandom#biracial characters#multiracial characters#latine characters#(PSA PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE THIS)#(@ WHITE AND NONBLACK FANS RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS CHALLENGE)#(LITERALLY because like)#(Yes this ALSO happens in anime fandoms between Japanese characters and characters who are very clearly Biracial and or Mixed and or)#(with a darker skin tone Yes)#(and no this doesn't mean other Queer ships cannot exist IT DOES MEAN you need to chill the heck out about ships w less such representation)#(and Maybe start CONSIDERING things like Interracial ships rep a little more REGARDLESS)
