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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social

Wanting Lex Luther to be Black is *not* "proof that I'm not racist." It's racist.

aug 31, 2025, 7:07 pm • 0 0

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Wampum in th’ hunneds @mohawkrainian.bsky.social

So if I don’t think he’s black in the cartoon, I’m racist, and if I wanted him to be black (played specifically by Denzel Washington) in live action, I’m racist. OK

aug 31, 2025, 7:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social

You say this as though these two things are contradictory but they're not. Two different things can both be racist. If multiple people tell you that in a situation, you're saying racist things, when do they become credible? Everyone is racist. The key to fighting racism is accepting that.

aug 31, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social

I gave you the reason that what you said is racist. Instead of examining that, you took it personally. You can't eliminate racism in yourself if you get upset when someone says you did something racist. As a white person, I will inevitably do something racist. That's why I listen.

aug 31, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wampum in th’ hunneds @mohawkrainian.bsky.social

As a non-white person, I’m not taking instruction on anti-racism from a white person

aug 31, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wampum in th’ hunneds @mohawkrainian.bsky.social

You’re actually the first person saying that any of this is racist

aug 31, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wampum in th’ hunneds @mohawkrainian.bsky.social

For the record I’d also be down with a black Superman. Calvin Ellis, Clark Kent, Val-Zod, either way doesn’t matter. Diversity is good.

aug 31, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view