Hugging you. It's good to have friends like that in your corner and make it known that they SEE YOU as you are and the situation isn't okay.

Of course a white person has to say something on your behalf before you're taken seriously 😭 ugh, I'm sorry you've had to deal with this too

// ooc: THIS. This happened to me ALL THE TIME. The "what are you?" questions and the "no, you're not." when you answer them. It makes me insane seeing it happen in a larger framework.

// If you're white, you should probably sit this one out when BIPOC people are calling you out.

HOWEVER, I do also believe that if you are a Black person who resonates with Teia being Black, that's perfect!! Antiva is inspired by an amalgamation of cultures from the Mediterranean to Caribbean.

This is a PSA for a white guy thinking He Knows Best about how BIPOC people should be represented.

<-- Afro-Caribbean girl who does not really have Afro features. So. Yea.

It is NOT anti-Black to point out that Teia is a Hispanic character with larger features. Please educate yourself.

Instead of showing up with your holier-than-thou white savior soapbox, maybe listen to the BIPOC people you're supposedly "defending" when they say you're doing more harm than good.

That doesn't make us LESS Hispanic, and you as a white person, do not get to tell us any which way.

Afro features CAN and DO overlap with Hispanic/Latine ones! It's very common, but not every Hispanic person is Black or vice versa.

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// ooc: you singlehandedly just saved all of us

Mm... I suppose I might make -one- exception... You may become a cute puppy. The rest, however, should hope they'd be so lucky.

// ooc: CISTERS 😭 here at cisters united, we guarantee fascists will eat bricks