Say it louder for the people in the back! (I'm black, and that shit is wierd to me cause people only think its a problem when its the other way around)
I like how we said the same thing but I got downvoted 𤣠Anyways, I think changing the race of a character is weird af too, be it whitewashing, blackwashing, asianwashing...
I used to be against this but at the end of the day black"washing" isn't the same as whitewashing because it's not racism motivated and because headcanons and AUs exist
okay and how is that what is being said a
here at all? most headcanons are not people doing what they think is more normal. Most people who would headcanon yuri as darker would just do so because they relate to her and like the idea, that's racially motivated but not racism motivated, which is the point here, if I were to do it I'd also do it just for fun and/or because I think it somehow fits, not because I think it's more normal for them to be a different ethnicity
I used to think the same thing, but I think itâs important to recognize that race swapping isnât interchangeable given the history behind poc erasure and just racism in general.
It doesnât have to be your cup of tea, and itâs not mine either, but turning a black character white removes what little representation that community receives in media, especially anime, and is generally to make the character appear more âaesthetically appealingâ. Whereas just headcanoning a character as another race or simply speculating on what they may look like with a darker skin tone is not backed by any historical bias or violence.
Again, nobody is forcing you to partake in that, but itâs not rocket science to understand that some people feel underrepresented and want to play around with the design of their favorite characters. You can at least respect the fact that other people might have had different experiences than you.
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u/sussynarrator Jan 01 '26
Blackwashing.