What Is UP With All The Hate?

[thevixenne]

I just felt the serious need to re-post this:

http://www.racialicious.com/2011/10/18/fandom-and-its-hatred-of-black-women-characters/

This is one of the huge reasons I stay far away from most fandoms.  There is so much epic RaceFail going on and when the offenders get called out on it, they whine about not being "racist" (as if the only real racists

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[satellite6]

Honestly, the ONTD True Blood forum right here on LJ is one of the worst places to be a Tara fan. More than a few people there commented about how glad they were that she was shot. But they love psychopathic Franklin who kidnapped and terrorized her. How are they ignoring this irony?

[thevixenne]

It's easy. Tara is BLACK. That's all they see.