just to reply to this unanswered question, here's a list of Instagram accounts to scroll through that are run by black people and are focused on the black experience. some are more insightful than others though (some are more like meme pages) since I'm just going through my follows
the more...
if misportraying black characters is truly as frightening as you all say, and the research is as hard to find as you all imply (when there are ample, highly detailed resources on social media platforms that everyone uses, which are written directly by black people/poc who have experienced racism...
1) people do not know what race you are when you write. it is impossible to know if a writer of a black character is actually black or not unless you either dig for that information or know them personally. when I write a black character, people do not know I am black unless they know me. i have...
i agree with you on the part where it shouldn't matter. once it's time to write a black person, so many non-black writers see black people solely as our struggles and disadvantages. this is a problem. yes we are the way we are because of what we experience growing up, but if racial prejudice is...
i don't understand what "so obviously its not going to be as popular" means when there is a whole Section of this site where there are rps of solely asian characters that white people are Not Afraid In The Slightest to write and play.
"lesser known ethnicity" i think everyone knows that black...
@AnimeGenork omg i just read noel's cs and i love him so much! he's a good character aaahh he has me clutching my chest
i really hope he gets in as a side character!
i love the avatar series and tbh i'm always yearning for an rp in that setting
how do you feel about oc x oc roleplays though? i'm not really into rping with canon characters