charcoalfeather: Whitewashing is not just about skin tone. If I drew her with Caucasian features and dark skin, that’d still be erasure. I’m not sure why some people don’t really seem to understand this. This was done in deviantart muro and it was my first time using the program. it was quite difficult, so that’s why some parts of the picture (eg. left eye, fur on the coat, nose) look subpar. But I really shouldn’t be giving myself any excuses. Deedee: Fantastic! Fantastic fantastic FAAAANTASTIC! We don’t normally get into face structure because we are both black and have no right to say what one race of people should look like. But when we do, it’s very obvious. Whitewashing just isn’t skin, it’s face. And this is AMAZING!!
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charcoalfeather:

Whitewashing is not just about skin tone. If I drew her with Caucasian features and dark skin, that’d still be erasure. I’m not sure why some people don’t really seem to understand this.

This was done in deviantart muro and it was my first time using the program. it was quite difficult, so that’s why some parts of the picture (eg. left eye, fur on the coat, nose) look subpar. But I really shouldn’t be giving myself any excuses.

Deedee: Fantastic! Fantastic fantastic FAAAANTASTIC!

We don’t normally get into face structure because we are both black and have no right to say what one race of people should look like. But when we do, it’s very obvious.

Whitewashing just isn’t skin, it’s face. And this is AMAZING!!

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    this is beautiful and perfect
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