ahh yeah i'm not sure either. honestly i think it sounded a bit like purposely being over the top, but there are probably some real grievances stuck in there too. it's way too random of a goalpost to move to ("blacks are racist against asians!") from the original point. they seemed a little too invested to me. but it could be trolling too, i dunno, this topic is pretty wank baity.
ahh, i'm not sure if it's the same person in both threads, it seems like a bunch of people are on right now. i was just confused.
i think you misread that last part. the issue is that often the thing they're nitpicking about isn't problematic. like the maybe-troll trying to start shit because because the op mentioned aomine is brown. i notice people purposely trying to steer arguments away from a point a poc is making. also, a lot of the 'you sound white' stuff....i gotta admit as a latina person, half the time i see that the anon being questioned does sound white. ^^;; there's a different sort of life experience when you're singled out for being poc that a lot of white people in my experience, unless they're also on the minority ladder somewhere (trans people definitely seem to get it), don't really understand. the original op is right, this entire secret thread is filled with a lot of very privileged people who probably have no idea what it feels like to be looked at as 'less than' for something you can't change. it's hurtful, to know that people view your entire race as something someone needs to specifically be 'into', where white people are the assumed 'default' (i.e. you need to specifically not be into white people, where pocs are something you need to specify you are into, white-as-normal). i don't agree with using the term to derail arguments though. but i do think it's important to point out when someone might be coming from a privileged stance. having trans friends has taught me pretty good how much privilege is a subtle thing. the phrase 'privilege is not knowing you have it' s apt in this case. so i do think there is some merit in pointing out that a bunch of white people arguing for 'preferences' doesn't exactly make the best case for slash not having a race problem.
Re: i have to ask...
ahh yeah i'm not sure either. honestly i think it sounded a bit like purposely being over the top, but there are probably some real grievances stuck in there too. it's way too random of a goalpost to move to ("blacks are racist against asians!") from the original point. they seemed a little too invested to me. but it could be trolling too, i dunno, this topic is pretty wank baity.
ahh, i'm not sure if it's the same person in both threads, it seems like a bunch of people are on right now. i was just confused.
i think you misread that last part. the issue is that often the thing they're nitpicking about isn't problematic. like the maybe-troll trying to start shit because because the op mentioned aomine is brown. i notice people purposely trying to steer arguments away from a point a poc is making. also, a lot of the 'you sound white' stuff....i gotta admit as a latina person, half the time i see that the anon being questioned does sound white. ^^;; there's a different sort of life experience when you're singled out for being poc that a lot of white people in my experience, unless they're also on the minority ladder somewhere (trans people definitely seem to get it), don't really understand. the original op is right, this entire secret thread is filled with a lot of very privileged people who probably have no idea what it feels like to be looked at as 'less than' for something you can't change. it's hurtful, to know that people view your entire race as something someone needs to specifically be 'into', where white people are the assumed 'default' (i.e. you need to specifically not be into white people, where pocs are something you need to specify you are into, white-as-normal). i don't agree with using the term to derail arguments though. but i do think it's important to point out when someone might be coming from a privileged stance. having trans friends has taught me pretty good how much privilege is a subtle thing. the phrase 'privilege is not knowing you have it' s apt in this case. so i do think there is some merit in pointing out that a bunch of white people arguing for 'preferences' doesn't exactly make the best case for slash not having a race problem.