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Ow… Human beings were not designed to sit for nearly six hours straight.
We’ve nearly made it to Chicago! Ugh, I’m so exhausted.
Finally in the Land of Lincoln!
One hour to Chicago!
Two more hours until we hit the Windy City!
We’re in Indianapolis, home of the illustrious John Green!
We’re in Indiana!
Okay guys, this is going to be my last non-queue post until Tuesday (and even that’s not quite accurate, as I’ve written this on Thursday and set it to post on Friday), because from Friday afternoon to Monday night, I’m either going to be in Chicago, on my way to Chicago, or on my way back from Chicago, but I’ve set up a huge queue to make sure you guys don’t miss me too much. ;D I’ve got to say, I’m really looking forward to the reunion, because I’ll finally get to talk to my black sheep liberal aunt in person (though I might have to spin it as ‘doing enemy recon’ if my dad asks).
We’re on our way to Chicago! I can’t wait!
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“Skin so anaemic and pale her veins were visible through and through. A most unnatural and unhealthy appearance she had. She seemed almost comical next to the beautiful black skin of her heroic counter part who stood as peacefully and elegantly as the night sky, but alas she was too pathetic to make even the comedic grade, instead resembling a small, white rat.”
Lets make white skin and features represent negative things for once and black skin and features represent the good. It’s not fucking hard. It’s just that no one is fucking trying.
‘The Wizard of Earthsea’ series. The majority of people in the world are dark skinned, and the few white people are all from/on these groups of islands and are seen as a bit…. not backward or warlike exactly except slightly that, but not well regarded in general. It isn’t about that in any way and the world is more complex than that but it’s there.
It, uh, doesn’t do the writing like above, and there is a white female character eventually but they don’t talk about her like that.
*raises hand*
I’m currently writing a novel featuring POC protagonists, and it’s set in the fantasy equivalent of the Ghana, Mali and Songhai empires of West Africa. There’s also a fantasy Europe, which I was planning on portraying as somewhat less advanced than the protagonists’ country. And while I haven’t come up with an antagonist design yet, I could, and probably will now, make them extremely pale.
(Source: queerhairyvag)
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