it& #39;s ~richtig und wichtig~ as we say in german to call out structural, systemic whiteness in fandom. and at the same time to recognise how racism and misogyny, queer/transmisia and ableism are embedded in our own cores. it& #39;s not the ~others~. it& #39;s us. but.

addressing systemic racism in fandom and claiming fandom is "populated only by ww" just so a specific claim sounds more nefarious isn& #39;t the same thing. one is critique, the other is instrumentalistion of misogyny

the whiteness of fandom is exhausting but it& #39;s critical to me that people are aware that this doesn& #39;t mean literally only ww exist onhere. it invisibilises the presense of BIPOC in fandom

this seems to be a super inconsequential thing, literal hair splitting. but if somebody& #39;s approach is to attribute toxic patterns to individuals rather than identifying systemic issues

it tells me they avoid accountability by pointing fingers at others. there is a big difference between people who are against "racists" and people who are against "racism". i find that an important distinction