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Most people’s definition of whiteness doesn’t hold up in South Africa. I know with apartheid whites used to be oppressors, but now you see them facing pretty much the exact same problems black people face in the US. So yeah, whiteness is not defined by privilege. Totally agree that Jews aren’t white though. They deserve to take pride in their own ethnoreligious identity. I mean, if a Jewish person wants to call themselves white, that’s fine too.

There’s so much to unpack here, starting with what the fuck planet are you even from? Here are some statistics:

All of these are just a Google search away, so maybe you could have tried that before opening your ignorant trap about white people in South Africa facing the same problems as Black people. What the fuck.

And like, if you think white people don’t have ethnicity or that Jewish people who are white lose their ethnicity, idek where to start except to say that misconception is exactly how privilege works–treating a privileged identity as the invisible default.

Even with the downright racist bait and switch, The Force Awakens established Finn as the literary foil of Kylo Ren but The Last Jedi not only completely ignored that, but it went out of its way to establish Rey as the literary foil of Kylo Ren; Rey’s parents were nobody while Kylo Ren is the son of Han and Leia, etc. No matter how good or bad the sequel trilogy turns out, never forget how terrible it treated Finn.

Yeah. TLJ was particularly egregious but TFA isn’t off the hook, either.

My complaint isn’t a female Doctor… it’s that they’re going LOOK THE DOCTOR IS FEMALE NOW. All this “It’s About Time” marketing is stupid. You want to show the Doctor can be a woman? Don’t treat her differently from how you usually treat him. This new season is going to be nothing but misandrist jokes. Exploring a female Doctor would be great, but they’re just going to use it to put down men— and in the process end up putting down women.

You lost me at “misandrist” tbh.

There’s a scene from the trailers where a man asks, “Why is she in charge?” Because a woman needs a reason to be in charge? Well, if she did, the reason would be, “Because she’s the DOCTOR.” But her companions’ reason is, “Because we say so.” Show don’t tell. By telling, you’re inhibiting your own progressivism.

I don’t follow Dr. Who, and without the context I can’t tell if this response actually works in the situation or is eyeroll-worthy.

Finn was never a side character, and the idea that he was is borderline racist. Also if the writers want to break the mold so bad they can focus on the one character in the sequels who’s story is actually original, which is Finn.

oh shit i thought that post was genuine my bad

No problem, I saw TLJ stans reblog it uncritically too. And I would argue there’s nothing “borderline” racist about thinking Finn was a side character in TFA–it’s racist, full stop. You can only reach that conclusion if you go out of your way to ignore his scenes.

Hermione is not black. The text suggests against it. But I wish JK had made her black from the beginning instead of trying to retcon it. She’s already an underdog facing prejudice as a Muggleborn. Having her be Black would add a new layer to that aspect of her character. But even if I’m wrong and Hermione was always Black, JK didn’t utilize it in any way and I’m disappointed about that.

Rowling could have spoken up at any point during the books’ run if Hermione was ever meant to be Black. She could have mentioned it at any point in the books themselves, she could have talked about it at any of her billion appearances, she could have requested different book art, she could have mentioned it in relation to casting. But nah, she never meant for Hermione to be Black and it’s disingenuous to try and collect representation points after the fact.

Despite Star Wars being down in the dumps and being partially responsible for it, Kathleen Kennedy gets to keep her job up until and through 2021? Welp, guess Star Wars is still cancelled.

I’m disappointed too, but I had my doubts whether she could be easily replaced. As long as she keeps to the business side of things and doesn’t go overboard with the executive meddling, I’m okay with it. The Carrie footage debacle seems to show that hers is no longer the final word on IX, which is a hopeful sign.