#435654634.7th post

[kangeiko]

First, fandom managing to be racist and unapologetic about it, all in one fic-prompt: The whole mess, neatly summed up by witchqueen. The level of ass-hattery exhibited by the mods of daily_deviant is quite astonishing, really

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[kayliemalinza]

I respectfully disagree (ignore the tone of my icon :P)-- despite the fact that the mods of daily_deviant sound a bit snitty in their emails (probably because they're being attacked), I'm going to agree with them on this one. I live in the southern United States, where white/black racism is very real, and "miscegenation" is regarded as more of a clinical term than an offensive one. Like "homosexuality", the thing it refers to may be offensive, but the word itself is simply the proper term to describe it

part 1

[kangeiko]

I live in the southern United States, where white/black racism is very real, and "miscegenation" is regarded as more of a clinical term than an offensive one.

I know nothing about southern US, but it was my impression that several people disagreed quite vehemently on this, arguing that this word was the one used for the Jim Crow laws etc. My own opinion is that I, personally, find it offensive, as the term refers to inter-racial and inter-species couples. Which groups my parents with those practising bestiality. THAT is my main issue with it

part 2

[kangeiko]

If we can't have miscegenation, where does that leave Lupin? What about rapefic, or bestiality?

I have no issues with any of that, but - witchqueen wasn't calling for them to remove the prompt, or anything of the sort - just to clarify what they meant. I mean, I support including all your list of pairings in comms, but only if they are properly labelled. So Ginny/Dean, for instance, shouldn't have a label that says 'inter-racial and/or inter-species pairing' and be listed alongside Harry/giant squid, which is what they've essentially done