So we start working together. I overlook their lack of knowledge about certain aspects of latinx culture because they claim to be 2nd gen. I'm like, ok that's fair, that happens. I help them with character naming conventions and such.
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We get to the second reason why I'm the most angry right now: I put them in contact with my boyfriend's mom. She has been an immigration paralegal and advocate for years. She's helped countless of people with no expectations of payment.
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I can't really put it into words, but she's one of the most badass people I know. She gives Jupiter some extremely detailed info about how immigration works, examples of stories of people she's helped, etc
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She's excited for this story. I mean, it's her life's work. I'm excited too because this is a topic that is very dear to my heart. My family immigrated from Colombia to Costa Rica and then to the States, this is my life
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Anyways, fast forward. I've worked on this project, but I'm advancing very slowly because of health and life. I feel guilty about it. The last message I have from Jupiter before they deleted their account was them asking when I was gonna work on it again
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Anyways, I've been going through some shit, but today I check my messages to the news that this catfishing bastard has deceived so many people, and in my case, they also made me waste precious time in working on a project that was COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIARTE for them to write
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I'm angry because now I have to throw away a bunch of work I did with them. I'm angry because I invited them to meet someone very important in my life, and they used the knowledge they learned from her to strengthen their brownfacing lie
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I don't really understand why they did this but... It's disgusting. Made way worse by the fact that I collabed with someone I didn't know very well because of my health, and I trusted them, to turn out like this
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Anyways... White people, I hope you read this thread and buy a book by a real author of color. As for me, well... I'll get my shit together and start working alone, I suppose
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PS: this thread is ok to RT, I actually appreciate it if you do because more people need to know how much shit we have to put up with because of bastards like these
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I’m so sorry you’ve had to deal with this; it’s inexcusable
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