Hey y’all! A friend of mine is doing research on diversity on Broadway for a class. She has a few brief questions that she needs to get some answers on from different people who follow Broadway theatre, so if you have a moment to help her out it would be appreciated!
hi!! i’m conducting a survey for one of my college classes about diversity on broadway and i’d love to hear from a wide variety of people!! here’s the link https://forms.gle/KWFhasfqSP6ZeRot7 feel free to rb!!
Best thing about Black Panther and Wakanda Forever is knowing none of those characters would ever date a white person
if derek is on with tasia tonight i need an audio
Anonymous asked:
Do u think there is a problem with white favoritism in the fandom
allisoooon answered:
Yes, the fandom does have a white favoritism problem. All fandoms have a white favoritism problem. The world has a white favoritism problem. It’s kind of been a thing. I mean, there’s a reason most comfort characters take the form of skinny white boys, and that’s pretty much it.
Regarding how this fandom in particular is, it’s definitely not the worst fandom I’ve been in for this, but it still has its problems. I recently talked about how I wasn’t sure why Allison almost dying wasn’t enough of a reason for strong measures to be taken to keep people safe from Viktor. I lied. I’m pretty sure the reason it’s not enough of a reason is that Allison is a black woman. If it had been Klaus in her place, people would have seen the complexity of the situation. That’s not the only reason people reacted like that–there was a lot of skepticism that Luther would indeed be that protective if it had been anyone but Allison–but I definitely think that’s part of it. There’s this still-pervasive idea that black women are more pain-tolerant and trauma-resistant.
There’s also this: The world was saved by four people, three of whom were people of color. The person most instrumental in saving the world was an East Asian man. The person most credited by the fandom with saving the world is a skinny white boy who was not even present at the world-saving.
And there’s a massive double standard for behavior. Lila is reviled for doing pretty much the same shit Five and Klaus do. See, when they do it, it’s either funny or heroic. When Lila does it, it’s annoying and psychopathic.
Allison was rude once in s1 and it took some people until s2 to come around to her at all.
None of this is even getting to how the fandom applies racial stereotypes to some of these characters. Ben being desexualized/feminized/infantilized is one I see all over the place.
That is not to say you are racist if your favorite character is white. My favorite character is white, one of the aforementioned skinny white boys no less, so that would be pretty hypocritical. But if you find yourself judging characters of color more than their white counterparts for comparable issues, think about it. Not in an “oh my god I am racist I should never have been born” way, but in a “we all have implicit biases and I’m going to be aware of mine” way. That’s how you think before you speak or act. It’s how you become better, and look at people (and characters) multiple times from multiple perspectives before deciding you know how you feel about them.
how come i never see anyone ever talk about tasia jungbauer as satine!!! i need answers!!!
guess what i saw last night 👀
posting my moulin rouge musical quiz link again bc i love reading everyone’s responses!! https://uquiz.com/W4q4Cc
100 people have taken this??? what !! that’s awesome!!!
