[ SECRET POST #4065 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4065 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Grace and Frankie]


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03.
[Gillian Anderson]


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04.
[Actress Martha Higareda as Kristin Ortega in Altered Carbon]


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05.
[Supernatural S01E09, "Home"]


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06.
[FX's Legion]


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07.
[Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey]


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08. https://i.imgur.com/846oK7X.png
[The Shape of Water; linked at OPs request, it's a dildo]











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 34 secrets from Secret Submission Post #582.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a POC and I find this a little cringey because I don't really see the need to prove that a character is supposed to be non-white to justify diverse casting. Especially if the "proof" is kind of flimsy at best.

[(Anonymous)]

Same!

Also, it makes me wonder how widely read people making these claims are. The number of books I've read (and taking into account the time, place and context of these books, and believe me the author tends to explicitly state if someone is a POC, it tends to be a bit of a scandal depending on the context) where the author states "brown" and means tan, especially if the person works outside, is pretty big. People don't seem to put in the context:
1848 women inside with Lily white cream colored skin vs a tan, why yes, that tan looks brown in comparison to the pallor of the other character's skin. Authors in particular contexts (read: not in the present time) were explicit in stating things like that. In my experience anyway (and yes, I would get tripped up at first like what?! One of us?!, but then I kept reading and it became clear I was wrong. In my head I could do what I wanted of course, but that didn't change the what the author wrote.).