my own biracial experience includes: having my hair mocked ("whats under the hat today? dreads?? curly? normal?") my hair wraps grabbed at, finding out im paid drastically lower than the white men of equal work experience and lesser work caliber (sup dreamworks?)
sooo…. Disney says make the thing for 🌈The Representation🌈 and then if you’re lucky the money you’ve generated gets to pay for inhumane legislation that seeks to censor the…existence of children? ??
My first real gig my supervisor waited after hours till the office was cleared to corner me and scream at me for my concept designs being picked over his by our show runner. he locked me in a room for 3 hours for being 30 mins late to work. i had to pretend to cry to get out
a white woman told a showrunner im not to be considered for hire because apparently i show up to work stoned (NEVER) i wonder how she got that impression considering the only convo we ever had was me correcting her that my box braids were not dreads.. hMMM
i hear the shit people say when they dont think a black person is in the room (or when they do). I see how my peers in animation lean back and let the abuse slide. no animation is NOT a safe place for black women. we need BETTER
a slew of other micro aggressions. i move through this world with a privilege being lightskinned i can only IMAGINE the wild shit others have to go thru (imagine cuz very rarely am i working alongside another black person in this industry)