Tag: ableism

diversehighfantasy:

lj-writes:

diversehighfantasy:

lj-writes:

I am still amazed that someone actually typed out and sent the sentence, “I refuse to be accused of being racist when when there are actual awful people in the world who ARE racist. that is my human right.“

And a few lines down in the same message: “

I’m very hurt by the racism displayed by you, though.“ Ummmmm because the recipient evidently doesn’t enjoy this purported human right not to be called a racist…?

Bonus points because the whole boring-ass spiel was about freedom of speech. Freedom of speech, of course, is about the HUMAN RIGHT to silence people who call you racist.

Extra bonus points: A white woman sent the above to a Black woman. Because of course.

Oh man, I’ve been following that whole garbage fire. It started (for those not following along) because the “My Human Right” one jumped into a post tagged anti reylo to agree with a different reylo who said antis get pissy if Finn isn’t on every piece of merchandise. When a couple Black fans responded to that, they said something along the lines of “I forgot these people are incapable of reason and being civil.” And when the can opened, they played victim.

And now if you go to the fandom racism tag, you see shit like this:

Reylos are becoming increasingly open about their perception of being victims of “reverse” racism. Remember a Kylostan who was on your post a while back insisting we hate Kylo because he’s white? This coopting of racist narratives for white people is the actual fuel behind white supremacist and white nationalist ideology (see: white genocide) and it’s worrying. You know and I know that if/when Finnrey becomes canon and all hopes of canon Reylo are gone it’s going to be cited as more evidence of so called white genocide. And JJ Abrams, obviously, is going to be the bogeyman who pushed miscegenation on Star Wars in a Jewish plot to destroy the white race.

By this I don’t mean shipping Reylo directly equals conscious support of white supremacy or that all Reylos are white nationalists, obviously. Rather I mean this isn’t just a fandom problem. The claiming of white victimhood by a few vocal shippers is part of a wider backlash to culture becoming just marginally more diverse than before, and people of color becoming a little more assertive. A lot of white fans aren’t used to that and to them it feels threatening.

If and when Finnrey happens or romantic Reylo is otherwise not made canon, I expect reylos will accuse Star Wars of ableism – as in, they’re saying someone with mental illness and scars is unworthy of love. Mark my words. They for the most part won’t mention race, they’ll come up with a reason why it’s prejudiced to not make reylo canon.

Reylos are becoming the fandom of “reverse racism” more every day. And yes, whether they like it or not, the concept of reverse racism in general fuels white supremacy.

I should have made my subjects clearer and also can someone take the passive voice away from me please. I meant that neo-Nazis will claim Finnrey as another example of white genocide and Jewish connivance, and so will the few (but possibly growing, according to @finnisthebalance‘s terrifying observation) Reylo shippers who are also Nazis. The larger shipper community will no doubt make other excuses to be salty about canon Reylo going kaput, and accusations of ableism is a likely candidate as you point out.  Grumblings about reverse racism will continue to leak out at the edges too, no doubt. It’s how white supremacy has always worked, with the many who talk respectably–if with flimsy nonsense logic–giving cover to the openly hateful radicals.