Also, like: the villains in Jemisin's work aren't albino! It's expressly a book where monsters use the real-world racism of white people to attack POC: the monstrous whiteness displayed is very clearly and contextually the whiteness of privilege. It has nothing to do w. albinism.
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I get not liking POC. It's not my favorite either. Which is why I use BIPOC. Still clunky, but more inclusive and a helluva lot better than "coloreds." What's next, mulattos? Octaroon? Blackamoor?
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It would've been perfectly comprehensible - and fitting, given the context! - to just talk about Black people, in the context of Jemisin being a Black author writing for a Black audience. But noooo.
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She literally said, "my readership wont recognize the correct term so I have to use a slur," WHO IS YOUR READERSHIP!? WHO ARE TOU THAT YOU APPEAL TO THEM? what even is self awareness, I mean?
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Who are all these people reading reviews of diverse fantasy and science fiction who can't handle a simple acronym?
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that person is quite proficient at darvo, ugh.
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There's a Bloom County comic from the 80s about this. the 80s. i'm gonna say it again. The FUCKING 80's.
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Would you mind sharing it pls because more Bloom County on Twitter is always appreciated
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I've seen this too much. I've been rightly called out for things before, and it is uncomfortable. There's an instinct to push back, to be right, but if you know you're wrong, it's important to sit with it a while, not argue. They missed a learning moment for sure.
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