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•weathering with you•
100% ^^100% this. As a POC who has been RPing for a long while, I have never seen someone called out for making a POC. For that matter, I have not seen it happen with an LGBT character either. I don't care if you don't want to play POC, but just say that instead of jumping through all these hoops to justify not doing it. Like... is it fear of misrepresentation? Because unless they are just a conglomeration of stereotypes, I don't think misrepresentation is going to be a problem.
Tbh, the excuse I hate the most is the: "The story doesn't CALL for a POC" excuse, because like... So... what about it makes it specifically call for a white character? It has become kind of a popular excuse for some people to make. The same excuse is often used with LGBT characters. And like... once again, if you just want to roleplay someone who was straight and white... fine, that is completely fine. It is an RP site, you do you. But like... these are near dangerous mindsets to have because it treats POCs and LGBT characters as being not normal and like they don't deserve to be represented unless the narrative is specifically about their struggles.