The legitimate reasons why people feel it’s an issue to have kin outside your race is A) some white people have used their kintype’s race as an “I understand what X race goes through/I can’t be racist” card, B) because POC get little enough [cont.]

representation in media and then to see a white person claim that they literally ARE that character can be hurtful to someone who has been…

On the race/kintype thing, what would you say about something like a white person identifying as, say, John or Jake? Since neither of them actually have confirmed races, BUT a lot of the fandom has non-white headcanons for them, it’s kind of a double-edged sword I guess.

My stance on kintypes is that race is irrelevant, because people don’t chose their kintypes. I personally believe in souls and that anyone can be…