#gross whitewashing

[midcaptain]

one day the fandom will stop calling gortash 'a dirty raccoon man' and also stop altering his features with mods because it's rooted in racism and the bias towards conventional beauty standards set by eurocentric features, but that's a conversation nobody's ready to have.

#enver gortash #lord enver gortash #bg3 gortash #fandom critical / #listen y'all you don't have to find him attractive. nobody's forcing you to #but outside of the perfectly looking cast with pearly white teeth and perfect hair #he's easily one of the best groomed characters out there like come on now. but also there's no ??? need ??? #to alter features that are clearly not white in order for you to like him that's just gross as fuck?? #i wish all his whitewashing mods a very 'fuck off' #garrett.txt

[tskva-happens]

seems like so far the #1 enemy of the bg3 modding community has been... *checks note* age. just like... any signs of age whatsoever.

#bg3 #bg3 mods #fandom critical(?) #modder critical #when i started seeing these i tried to give people the benefit of the doubt #because i remember when i was in my late teens and early 20s the concept of being past my 30s/40s/etc felt so far away #and therefore people in those other age ranges seemed to exist in a different world from mine with different life experiences #and back then i would have created ocs that felt and looked as young as i was #and maybe would have felt uneasy romancing a character who seemed to have a large age gap with my oc since that's not my personal preferenc #and maybe SOME of the modders doing this are young and have similar reasons? #so i Sorta. Kinda. understand that thought process. #but i'm skeptical and would bet most of them are actually just adults who cannot handle age. period. #not to mention we're at the point where mods try to de-age npcs for no reason or straight-up ''''yassify'''' companions #or deprive them of their unique physical traits #and that's just. so frustrating and borderline gross. #let the characters in this game exist as they are. they have LIVED and they look like it!!!! that is good and their world is richer for it! #btw i'm talking about age and cosmetic changes exclusively. i'm not even including the racist whitewashing mods in this discussion because #those can go fuck themselves and i hope it goes without saying they deserve no benefit of the doubt. like zero #anyway. rant over for now #auri rambles

[annamariedarkholmes]

Laura is gay. If we get the chance to write her again, we’ll reveal that missing piece to her story. But we’ll need everyone’s help to make that happen.

- Craig Kyle, co-creator of Laura Kinney, Wolverine/X-23: Oct 25 2022 (source via twitter)

#if they could retcon her whitewashing too it would be 👩‍🍳 💋 #laura kinney #wolverine #marvel comics #marvel #x men #x men evolution #lgbtincomics #x 23 #craig kyle #christopher yost #x #lol dudes with sexy laura icons already claiming this doesn’t count because something something julian #they’re so fucking threatened #especially wild since their specific demo is the reason WHY this will never be allowed to happen #in the process of a big post on her whitewashing/hypersexualization during her adaptation from evo to comics #and how it correlates to gross men trying to nerf and regress rogue to a hypersexualized goth teen based on the movies/evo #and getting denied by marvel corporate #straight men treat laura like their sexy teen waifu: spicy brunette edition #(see illyana for blonde edition and kitty for original brunette flavor) #and these shitheads in x-editorial know where their bread is buttered (see: kyle mentioning the soft blacklisting lol) #but god if only #the same reason why kitty’s explicitly out as bi #and despite claremont and others laying decades of groundwork #the current portrayal is kissing a rando woman in a fanservicey way #post-krakoa it’ll be back to pairing her with whichever man the fanboy writer is using as his self insert

[ultravioart]

It's super gross how much whitewashed bullshit still occurs in Overwatch to this day. It's been 7+ YEARS, STOP DOING THIS!!!!!

This dogshit is unacceptable and who ever does management/quality checks on the art NEEDS to be fired bc how tf do you approve something like this.

This is how the skin tone should look btw:

And the new skin has Sojourn's normal skin tone, so it's not lighting make the face white in that spray. It's deliberate!!!

New Symmetra sprays also lightens her skin... smfh im tired.

I'm gathering the mental energy to do a mass edit (and a ref page for characters bc it would be nice to have a master post) but god damn it it shouldn't be up to fans to fix art and not perpetuate racist, colorist art. It's not hard to fucking use a color picker tool.

These are professional artists, they should know better than to whitewash like this.

#overwatch #ow #ow2 #overwatch 2 #Sojourn #vivian chase #tw whitewashing #tw white wash #tw colorism #tw racism #negative #text #image #rant #genuinely grossed out by this shit its so tiring.

[hellyeahheroes]

Queers for Palestine & the Power of Pinkwashing by matt bernstein

#thought provoking #queers for palestine #genocide #homophobia #transphobia #double standards #islamophobia #colonialism #fascism #mass murder #war crimes #propaganda #pinkwashing #obiectification of women #sexualized nudity #the Israel seriously had Gal Gadot pose for Maxim in bikini to whitewash their public image #it's so fucking gross #Youtube

[spitblaze]

todays award for 'man what the fuck' goes to reddit for making me see pr0/-ship discourse in goddamn 2023. thought we were past that but i guess not

#spitblaze says things #i am once again reminding ppl that media and fan content are not created or consumed in a vacuum #you do not need to whitewash all 'taboo topics' from any work but maybe like. warn people up front. listen to minorities and csa victims #consider if yelling at strangers on the internet is actually helping anybody at all. esp the people you purport to be helping #realize that most people think grown-adult and literal-child pairings are gross for a reason and they arent just pearl clutching prudes #(im talking like 'this character is 10 and this one is 35' not 'this one is 17 and this one is 18'. yes ive seen it. yes i hate it) #idk. have a set of personal values rather than trying to align urself with some movement or group or whatever #also maybe give a little less leeway to ppl making purposefully tittilating csa content? even if it IS fiction??? #at that point its not 'exploring dark subject matter' anymore its just jerkoff material. maybe you can afford to be a bit more discerning #also. learn what a maladaptive coping mechanism is please #thats it i just. dont want to think about this shit ever agaaaaaain

[francisforever2014]

my biggest way that i'm traitor to la raza is that i HATEEE mexican candy i'm sorry to mi gente ✊

#but if a white person starts talking about how gross it is i'm chamoys number one supporter #my ass on the playground in elementary school pretending to like those lolipops so the kids wouldn't call me whitewashed 😭

[rebelcliche]

reminder: do not whitewash poc characters.

#no one i'm following. just the mess i continue to see on tumblr dot com in the year 2023 lol #bipoc are still poc. don't whitewash them either. it's p gross and as a biracial person myself- i'd rather not see that. #once again: no one i'm following but like- why do i have to see this mess on this website still? #tbd. #ooc.

[breadedsinner]

I may be a huge bitch but at least I don’t say mean things to modders. Like my dudes they are sharing with you for free.

#Shitpost #This does not include the gross ones like whitewashing

[heavysass]

this is a literal war crime

#theres a lot of awkward difference of concept art and in game model but god this is a bad one #they really bleached him hard ugh gross #they also took away his cockring and made this bitch straight #IM SO SORRY FABRICE IM SORRY THEY WHITEWASHED YOU AND NERFED YOUR ASS #dislyte

[allysartblog]

The Argyle speaker thingy is even worse in person they done massacred my boy. He isnt that pale come on yall do better same goes with his mini funko figure they made his skin so ashy and for no reason.

#argyle stranger things #whitewashing #is so gross

[yourheartinyourmouth]

I fucking hate it here so fucking much. Should never, ever, EVER have come back. I cannot wait to leave again.

#fuck this place #I grew up here I despised it why why WHY did I think coming back here was the thing to do #we should have just moved somewhere new #not come back to this overpriced festering shit hole #fucking normie country #fucking whitewashed bland stale ass fucking suburbs #fucking stale ass people #the people are just as bland and shitty as the food #culture? what culture???????? #dunkin donuts is not a personality trait you fucking hayseed #scummy ppl in scummy cities #I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it #there’s nothing to do nowhere to go the food is AWFUL #even the immigrants cook badly here #even the Chinese food is GROSS here #fucking bland soggy ass food no matter what kind it is #casual American dining is the only thing you wanted to eat forever right??????????????????????????????? #no? TOO BAD THAT’S ALL WE GOT TIL YOU HIT THE FUCKING MIDATLANTIC #WE DON’T DO ANYTHING WELL HERE #EVERYTHING IS BLAND BEIGE CORPORATE SUBURBS OR DEPRESSING RUN DOWN SUBURBS #YOUR CHOICE #BEIGE CORPORATE DYSTOPIA OR RUN DOWN OPIOID GHETTO

[isaac-clarke]

Wow. WOW. Marvel genuinely thought and even filmed, before cutting it out in the end, that having mayomoff wanda killing magneto was a good idea??

#damn if they couldn’t have gotten any more gross lmao #thank fuck they decided to cut that out #as if whitewashing them weren’t bad enough

[anarchywoofwoof]

the funny thing is that i don't think younger people - and i mean those under the age of 40 - really have a grasp on how many of today's issues can be tied back to a disastrous reagan policy:

war on drugs: reagan's aggressive escalation of the war on drugs was a catastrophic policy, primarily targeting minority communities and fueling mass incarceration. the crusade against drugs was more about controlling the Black, Latino and Native communities than addressing the actual problems of drug abuse, leading to a legacy of broken families and systemic racism within the criminal justice system.

deregulation and economic policies: reaganomics was an absolute disaster for the working class. reagan's policies of aggressive tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, and slashing social programs were nothing less than class warfare, deepening income inequality and entrenching corporate greed. these types of policies were a clear message that reagan's america was only for the wealthy elite and a loud "fuck you" to working americans.

environmental policies: despite his reputation being whitewashed thanks to the recovery of the ozone layer, reagan's environmental record was an unmitigated disaster. his administration gutted critical environmental protections and institutions like the EPA, turning a blind eye to pollution and corporate exploitation of natural resources. this blatant disregard for the planet was a clear sign of prioritizing short-term corporate profits over the future of the environment.

AIDS crisis: reagan's gross neglect of the aids crisis was nothing short of criminal and this doesn't even begin to touch on his wife's involvement. his administration's indifference to the plight of the lgbtq+ community during this devastating epidemic revealed a deep-seated bigotry and a complete failure of moral leadership.

mental health: reagan's dismantling of mental health institutions under the guise of 'reform' led directly to a surge in homelessness and a lack of support for those with mental health issues. his policies were cruel and inhumane and showed a personality-defining callous disregard for the most vulnerable in society.

labor and unions: reagan's attack on labor unions, exemplified by his handling of the patco strike, was a blatant assault on workers' rights. his actions emboldened corporations to suppress union activities, leading to a significant erosion of workers' power and rights in the workplace. he was colloquially known as "Ronnie the Union Buster Reagan"

foreign policy and military interventions: reagan's foreign policy, particularly in latin america, was imperialist and ruthless. his administration's support for dictatorships and right-wing death squads under the guise of fighting "communism" showed a complete disregard for human rights and self-determination of other nations.

public health: yes, reagan's agricultural policies actually facilitated the rise of high fructose corn syrup, once again prioritizing corporate profits over public health. this shift in the food industry has had lasting negative impacts on health, contributing to the obesity epidemic and other health issues.

privatization: reagan's push for privatization was a systematic dismantling of public services, transferring wealth and power to private corporations and further eroding the public's access to essential services.

education policies: his approach to education was more of an attack on public education than anything else, gutting funding and promoting policies that undermined equal access to quality education. this was, again, part of a broader agenda to maintain a status quo where the privileged remain in power.

this is just what i could come up with in a relatively short time and i did not even live under this man's presidency. the level at which ronald reagan has broken the united states truly can't be overstated.

#twitter #fuck ronald reagan #fuck conservatives

[colorisbyshe]

I just came across a tweet saying that Aaron Bushnell--the man who burned himself to death while yelling Free Palestine until he couldn't anymore--will be "in the history books" and that phrase has been coming up a lot. And it chafes me every time I read it, every time I hear it.

Cause, a. no, a lot of this won't be in the American history books. American atrocities, especially those overseas but even those against American people (especially American people of color), don't go in the literal history books. Or the figurative ones. Most American atrocities are wiped from the collective memory... sometimes as soon as they happen. They go unreported (like the first person to self immolate to protest this genocide), they go erased, they go whitewashed, they go falsely recontextualized, and they get twisted into pro-America sentiment--we were right for those atrocities, we were wrong for them but we learned, we didn't learn from it but we felt bad about it and should be comforted for that soreness.

And b. is harder to verbalize but I'm gonna try. It feels... performative in the literal sense. Like we only value what is happening today out of deference for how people in the future will perceive it. We aren't doing anything to change anything NOW, to care about other people NOW, but so that one day... we'll be remembered a caring. Like this man killed himself as gesture, as a move for his legacy.

And I see this phrase--"this will be remembered in the history books"--whipped out in extremely horrific contexts. A child's dead body hanging off a wall, "oh, this will be in the history books." What does that even mean? Was her death worth the historical context? Was it necessary to embellish the horror of it all?

Would the people reading these hypothetical history books not get the wrongness of the genocide without the death of a little girl that you're using as... window dressing?

It just seems so weirdly self satisfied. Like you're eager to note you just witnessed a real moment that people will remember decades from now. When... a lot of people won't which is what is so tragic. A lot of people don't even know it's happening right now.

Because, again, it's not being reported. And when it is being reported it's not being reported honestly.

I'm not saying this well but it just feels like such a gross reaction to things we're seeing in real time.

Why does it have to matter later to matter now? Why is the hypothetical reaction of a history book reader the thing you think about?

A lot of people won't live to read those "history books" because people, right now, aren't doing anything to help them.

#idk it feels like people want to pat themselves on the back #for witnessing an 'important' moment

[jewish-sideblog]

Jews are gerrymandered out of leftist and liberal social justice.

Jews are exempt from the fight against cultural appropriation, despite the fact that the two largest religions in the world built their faiths on the backs of stolen Jewish religious texts.

Jews are exempt from the fight against whitewashing, despite the fact that the highest-grossing film franchise of all time is based on the work of Jews, and the film executives make the conscious and clear choice to erase the Jewish identities of every Jewish or Jewish-coded character brought to the screen.

Jews are exempt from the fight against bigotry, despite the fact that a Jewish person in the USA is statistically more likely to experience a hate crime during their lifetime than any other racial or ethnic group per capita-- and that's based on two-year-old statistics. The number of anti-Jewish hate crimes in the US goes up drastically each year.

Every single time a Jewish person expresses their concerns about anti-Jewish behaviours in a non-Jewish space, we get shut down. We are told that "it's not that big a deal", we get told we're "overreacting", and we get told that it's "fine, because we're all white and integrated, so who cares".

The most harmful anti-Jewish narrative does not come from the political right. It is not a narrative that paints Jews as crooked, greedy or vile. It is not a narrative that drives antisemites to harm us.

The most harmful anti-Jewish narrative comes from the political left. It is the narrative that paints Jews as universally successful, "caucasian", and free from discrimination. It is the narrative that discourages anti-racists from defending us against harm.