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Lmaooooooo also probably works for Biden

OP did mention that they are in fact Asian, did you even read that? How can they be racist for telling people how not to be racist? They said they can take constructive criticism, not that you have the right to be a total dick to them.

disclaimer: I am east asian. if anyone who is not white sees anything wrong with my phrasing, inaccuracies, or insensitivity, or something I missed, please feel free to add on. I'm just one person with one perspective; none of what I say should be taken as The Singular way to draw an Asian character. if you havent done so already, please take the effort to expand your view of Asian culture outside this one tutorial.

if a white person reblogs this and adds something stupid I'm going to bite and kick you like a wild animal

Well I’m glad I didn’t click the video when it showed up in my recommended then

I trust you on the Halloween post but I'm just curious what they did bc I haven't heard of them before

ok so zach bellissimo (snaggle-teeth) and tara billinger (tarabillinger) are the creators of a cartoon concept/short/pilot called long gone gulch. there’s a native american girl in the series by the name of buffalo wing (i shouldn’t have to explain why this is racist, but this is very, very racist.) 

they changed her name to just “BW” following the backlash, but that hardly fixes the problem. even if her name weren’t already incredibly insulting, her character is positively DRENCHED in native american mysticism stereotypes.

a simple look through her tag on the tumblr (/tagged/bw) reveals a lot of racist art and fanart, her design is a ridiculous caricature, and worse still there’s a bunch of sexual fanart of her, even on the official tumblr (the series is billed as appropriate for all ages btw), which is really concerning. not only are there are staggering issues with the fetishization of native women (native women suffer a horrifyingly high rate of sexual assault), the main characters are 16/17 y/o, and if BW isn’t a good bit older, it’s fetishization of a teen/young adult native american girl 💁

also, a lot of the cryptid/monster characters seem uncomfortably like anti-mexican caricatures, but i’ll let someone else speak to that since i’m only navajo myself.

all in all LGG is another example of some jerks whitewashing the southwestern aesthetic and being grossly racist in the process lol

One time I said “Google is free” to a Trumpet and they started complaining about how Google costs you your fucking SOUL

i really don’t like the whole “tell your parents off and call them out when they’re being racist/homophobic/etc even if it gets you in trouble with them” argument especially when it pertains to minors and people who still rely on their parents financially. you can’t morally advocate for a minor to tell off their parents when it involves them risking their own safety and well-being. and you’d be surprised how many people i’ve seen on this godforsaken website doing just that.

I was sitting in the group room at my intensive outpatient program. I had just finished recounting an incident where I believed a security officer had been following me, but the person with me at the time had disagreed and said we weren’t being followed. 

The head psychologist said “Your goal this week should be letting in alternative theories to your paranoia. It isn’t likely anyone is following you.” I said “What do you mean? How can I trust someone else’s perspective over my own, especially when that someone is white?” Another person spoke up, suggested increasing my anti-psychotics.

I looked around the room at the other patients and the professionals in group with me. I was the only Black person there. 

I’m mentally ill, and sometimes I’m paranoid, and sometimes I’m delusional. 

I’m Black, and I’m more likely to be followed around by security, or have negative interactions with the police. The racism in this world is real, and it can affect me.

I’m mentally ill, and sometimes I have persecutory delusions, and there wasn’t any drugs in my orange juice or bugs living in my arms even though I was convinced there were.

I’m Black, and I’m mentally ill. And that intersection has never been acknowledged online or in therapy. That intersection makes us more vulnerable to abuse, domestic violence, and police brutality. 

Black schizo-spec people face challenges that others don’t. We are more likely to be be labeled as dangerous and violent and be disbelieved when we share about how racism has impacted our lives, among many other things. That makes it harder for me to trust others- not to mention that difficulty trusting others is a symptom.

Was I being followed that day? I wish I had an answer, but I don’t know. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t. But that isn’t the point. 

A simple search will tell you that schizophrenia is more readily diagnosed in Black patients than in white (source), and some say it is overdiagnosed.

But where are the positivity posts for Black people with stigmatizing disorders?

 Where is the positivity for the Black schizo-spec people trying to figure out what level of fear and suspicion towards the police is reasonable and what is a symptom? Where is the positivity for Black schizo-spec people who have everything blamed on their diagnosis while their other mental health problems get ignored? Where’s the positivity for Black schizo-spec people who distrust the medical professionals they deal with, who have ugly symptoms, who are pigeonholed as dangerous?

We have died because we are Black and schizo-spec. Remember those of us who have been murdered or attacked.

Keith Vidal

Dontre Hamilton

Khaleel Thompson

Darren Rainey

Jason Harrison

Deborah Danner

And? Don’t forget to include us in your activism while we are living. 

(ok to rb)