Keep your racist bullshit out my fucking face.

[hackthis_archive]

I knew someone else's ignorant shit was going to set me off. I fucking knew it.


Let's all just put it out on the table.

Blaise Zabini is BLACK.

Black, people. That means, not blue or purple, not white, not green or yellow or in posession of fins, wings, webbed feet or any other descriptor, but BLACK. He's English, but you know, he's black. Not African American, just black. He can't actually be thought of as, I don't know, BRITISH! because he's black. It's nice to know that nothing's really changed. It's nice to know that when people see you they just see the color of your skin. It doesn't matter that it's your name. Clearly all races should be identifiable by name, because black people are all named Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'Neal or Craig David or Monifah or something.

Apparently, some people now believe that this is the end of the world, because heaven forbid a black person be hot. No, of course not.

There are no hot black people anywhere in the world. There's no Denzel Washington, Thandie Newton, Don Cheadle, Sophie Okenedo. There's no Angela Bassett, no Delroy Lindo, no Taye Diggs or Omar Epps or Mekhi Phifer. No Beyonce or Mos Def or Talib Kweli or Gabrielle Union or Boris Kudjoe or Nia Long.

No.

Obviously Blaise is now tainted because he's black. He can't be hot at all. And oh look, JKR made a joke with his mother about her being a black widow. It's all racially motivated though. I can see how Blaise must now be hideous and deformed. Heaven forbid Draco find him attractive. Heaven forbid that he actually have a brain because black people can't be talented except for in sports, and they can't be smart or make a honest living unless it's in music. I can see how Oprah and Nelson Mandela and Bill Cosby and every black MP or congressman is just affirmative action or a fluke.

And people say that racism is all gone.

Fuck that. And fuck you if this is your mindset.

I don't need your ignorant bullshit.

But don't worry. I'm not upset. I see how it is. It's always good to know where you stand. And no, this is not the part where everyone says 'I never thought that!' because if you did, ask your self would you even admit it?

Comments

[aidenfire]

Are you for real? People are really making an issue out of that? That's. So. Fucking. Retarded. I can hardly stand it. Ridiculous. OMG.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

People are stupid. And should be killed, mostly.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Word!

[longsunday.livejournal.com]

... holy shit. people are saying that? are they stupid or what? Blaise Is Hot. End Of.

though i'm totally struggling to cast him. awkward bugger.

[alafairnadia.livejournal.com]

eh? people suck.

[starfishchick]

Seriously.

[maleyka.livejournal.com]

...

That is an issue? For real? I mean - every once in a while I go, "Huh, weird, I always imagined xy as having blonde/black/red hair" but people are actually taking offense at Blaise being black? Because now he can't be their wank material anymore? Jesus Christ.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

you left the comments open on this?

First of all, Don Cheadle is NOT hot, you crazy, crazy lady. Just, no.

Craig David is, though! Yay!

Vent it out. You know I want to make many, many sarcastic remarks, but since that will only get trolls going thinking I'm serious, I won't.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

you left the comments open on this?

Fuck'em. That's my motto. Also, I love Don Cheadle. Don't hate. He's not hot, okay, but I love him anyway. And yes, the sarcasm, considering the post is 50% flame and 50% sarcasm, I can see how you would want to do that.

[liseuse.livejournal.com]

I saw some stupid comments about it on some random lj community and immediately got pissed off.
Because, fine, canon Blaise might not be how I had imagined him, which was more along the meditteranean line. But that doesn't stop Blaise being a great character and still sexy as anything. Slytherin house is now somewhat more representational of society, surely this is a good thing.
People can be really annoying.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

Wait, weren't there black Gryffindors too? I don't really remember the skin color/ethnicity of all the people in HP... that would be giving that sort of detail way too much credit.

People really are stupid.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Dean Thomas. Also, Quidditch girls.

iconLURVE!!!!!!11!

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

Who is in your icon?!?!?!!! Because he is

TOTALLY

(wait for it)

HOT!!!

(so there, wankers)

[sandrine]

I don't know what other people have said that set off this rant, but it might be that this actually has nothing to do with racism. You see - personally, I don't think black people are hot. I also don't think bright red-haired people, or women with short hair, or muscular men are hot. It's just about looks, and nothing else. I'm quite aware that there are a few billion people who have different beauty ideals and fancy dark skin or muscles or red hair. Which is totally cool.

It doesn't mean I don't like blacks, or that I think any less of them, or think they are 'different' from anyone else. I just don't find them attractive, sexually.

Which might make me a superfacial person who's too fixated on looks, but it certainly doesn't make me a racist.

(And I'd still like to ship Blaise/Ginny, for the record. :P)

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

you fail for using the term "blacks" in the way you did. Move on. You missed the point.

[r1cepudding.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't mention Craig David without warning me. now I won't be able to do anything for the rest of the day without putting 'Craig David' in front of it, Craig David full stop.

Craig David in other news, *Craig David shoots the ignorami in their collective face* Craig David full stop again.

Craig David post comment.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

a) You are priceless

b) Your icon. Did Viggo shave the mustache of pornosity? Stop lying.

c) Craig David. I must now go listen to Woman Trouble.

[pandarus.livejournal.com]

Oh *dear*.

(I must admit, I laughed like a drain - because, okay, some of us had Blaise down as male, and some down as female, but precious few had him down as black. Nice one, JK.)

I'm sorry that Trade is Jossed in a sense, but it doesn't make a difference to the hotness or the loveliness of the story. Just moves it that tiny bit further AU.

...It *is* conceivable that this is all she meant, the girl who made the post - that she'd built up some very specific & cherished image which is now thoroughly jossed, and she just phrased it in a spectacularly making-herself-sound-like-a-tosser kind of way. Same as if her image had been of Girl!Blaise, and now here was the evidence that he's a boy. (Which, fwiw, I'd got him down as a girl in ItS. But I really could care less one way or the other, you know?) But. Yeah. She certainly sounds like a racist twat, whether she actually is or isn't. And I'm probably trying too hard to find a good way of looking at what she said.

Fairly gobsmacked that anyone could be all "Oh no!" from the canonical description of him as a snooty babe. He sounds like Naomi Campbell's hot little wizard brother.

(I have to say, the concept of Draco/Blaise just got a whole lot hotter for me. This is probably very shallow, but the chiarascuro visuals - pretty. Very very pretty.

[smonsterbite.livejournal.com]

that she'd built up some very specific & cherished image which is now thoroughly jossed, and she just phrased it in a spectacularly making-herself-sound-like-a-tosser kind of way.

I think this is possible.

She certainly sounds like a racist twat, whether she actually is or isn't.

She is, according to her userinfo, in HS. That is *not*, I repeat, *not* a pass to be racist. However, in HS I was all "you can be gay, I just don't wanna hear about it" and now I'm all like "bring on the ladies *and* the mens!" Let's hope she evolves.

::shrugs:: She probably needed the cluestick she got, which she actually admits. Regrettable that it came with an added threat of anal rape.

[xnitelite.livejournal.com]

Heaven forbid that he actually have a brain because black people can't be talented except for in sports, and they can't be smart or make a honest living unless it's in music.

Word. It's infuriating that kind of stereotyping still exists in some people's minds.

And people say that racism is all gone.

Of course. That's why I've had to live through two race riots. *shakes head*

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

This is why as I general rule, I hate people. Racism isn't just about hate crimes and overt discrimation. It's about the way we think. No one ever wants to think that they are racist because everyone knows that racism is bad, and no one want to think that they are in a way a bad person. But Yes, being a upset that a beloved character turns out to be black is a racist thought. An intelligent person realizes this, deals with, learns from it, and moves on. Unfortunately, most people are not willing to go through the effort of changing the way they think, so they just rationalize and justify the behavior and no one ever learns anything. And it sucks. And I'm not helping at all. So I'll just shut up now. *kicks the world*

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

No one ever wants to think that they are racist because everyone knows that racism is bad,

This, my darling, is must like the Socratic axiom that the first step to wisdom is knowing you know nothing. Likewise, the first step towards racial harmony (that is such a lame phrase, but what can I do?) is admiting everyone has ingrained stereotypes. We can't help that, everything in the media, in our interactions with the ignorant, and in transmitted wisdom from the past tells us X is stupid, Y is a bad driver, Z will rape you women, Q will oppress you and steal your gum trees.

The second part of your remarks is harder to address, so I won't bother.

Wow, people suck.

[shatterglass.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Taye Diggs.

Re: Wow, people suck.

[kudra2324.livejournal.com]

that's exactly what i was about to say...er, type.

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

... hi.

CABINET!

i can't fucking believe it.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I wanted to have you and K on speed dial and just leave random messages in the voice box. Blaise! Theodore! More Blaise, his mother is so Thandie Newton! Draco, *crying*. [stabs self in eye] The fucking Vanishing Cupboard, completely with description of what is does, what it felt like for Gavin, and Gavin/Draco at some point. Oh, yis.

[tehlils.livejournal.com]

Dude. I was just thrilled to have something more than a name for Blaise. Stupid ignorant fuckers for making a big deal about his race. Black is as beautiful as any other skin colour.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

dude, your icon! hahaha

[bloodybrilliant.livejournal.com]

I ♥ you!

I thought the same thing when fivil linked me. I was outraged and just shocked that something so lovely that JKR could give us in this book (BLAISE! He's a real character!!!), could be seen as appalling and degrading and OMG THE END OF THE WORLD!

I mean, give me a break! Some people, man, some people. So ignorant.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Okay. Who are the boys in your icon? I must know.

[obsessedmuch.livejournal.com]

Get the fuck out of here.... are you fucking serious? Did I wake up in 1955? Did IQ's drop sharply while I was away?

I haven't even read the book yet and already I need to kill people... *sigh* Morons.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Oh baby. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[oboros.livejournal.com]

WTF people. arguh.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

People are stupid. I would think that finally getting a definitive gender would cause more waves and alter more fics.

'Sides, Wesley Jonathan. Very much with the hot, and even with the faintly slanted eyes.

[rozza.livejournal.com]

You are awesome, Z. I can't seriously believe that people are still stuck in the mindset that anything not white = bad. Intellectually I know they exist, but emotionally people like that are dead to me and therefore do not exist.

It's so obvious that Blaise is officially the Hot Guy at Hogwarts who could have anyone. Like Jude Law, before the ugly clothes, rapid aging, receding hairline and the headlines about cheating on his cute fiancee. Alas. Have you recast him yet?

[canicula12.livejournal.com]

That's ridiculous, on all parts.


God, I'm disgusted. What does it even matter? What about Dean Thomas, and Angelina Johnson, etc.? Why Blaise? Blaise, just as a sidenote, is described by JKR as handsome: high cheekbones, slanted eyes...Man.

[ladysorka]

Mmm... Thandie Newton and Angela Bassett. Yummy.

(also, I hate people. Really a lot.)

[ebonbird.livejournal.com]

Hiya.

Just coming through via mos_daily, 'cause you know, black folks can't be hot. I will admit to an inordinate amount of Joy when Blaise was revealed as being Black.

And I'm not surprised.

These rascist/colorist people can't help their ugliness. It's cultural?