Devious Journal Entry

[mcity]

KKKKKKKKorra by ~HotaruArc on deviantART

There was a big Thing on tumblr when someone "fixed" this piece of art so Korra looked less white, because apparently they can't understand what happens when someone's skin and hair is exposed to high-intensity light at close range. The original artist was accused of "whitewashing" and exercising "white privilege", and the original recolorer (who may have a brown people fetish or something) has deleted his post. Which is pretty odd, because the artist, IIRC, said he's "mostly Asian", and as someone who has a skin tone very close to Korra's, I don't really find this piece inaccurate at all, and neither does this guy. Also, he's are apparently "condescending" and "dismissive", respectively.

At last count, thousands of notes all because someone doesn't know how light works.

Of course, if this had been my picture, I would've doubtless just posted a picture of me next to a picture of Korra, along with "carry on telling me about how I have white privilege". I might even have had it lit up like Korra, just for the extra passive-aggressiveness.

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[degraine.livejournal.com]

Christ.

Fuck people.

Just...fuck people.

[mcity.livejournal.com]

If it helps, one of the people who kicked off this little hoedown (this one (http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/20075614170/damnlayoffthebleach-i-dont-have-a-tumblr-your)) is a known anti-white bigot (http://socialjusticeally.tumblr.com/post/18361796036). Here's something they reblogged (http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/20179165309/fromonesurvivortoanother-it-sucks-to-hear).

In modern times, East Asians (that is, Asians from Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese descent who have lighter skin, unlike South Asians) generally benefit from a lot of white privilege.

Yes, you heard that right; certain Asians benefit from white privilege.

[degraine.livejournal.com]

A little, maybe?

But I see shit like this and sometimes just fall back on the long-term motto of my Ventrilo server, ie, 'fuck people'. (That's dismissive, not 'let's rape them!', for anyone who goes digging for leverage in future conversations.)

Because you certainly can't argue with them.