No matter how the world perceives you, the love and kindness you have given will never fade away into the air. Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest nights, your genuine heart and intentions are shining even brighter during these times.
Poom, your kindness and heart have touched so many lives.
We have seen your genuine dedication and charity over the years.
We know who you truly are, and that is why we will always stand by you.
Stay strong!
@LarisaG10393 I've realized in the last few hours how much I dislike people... but I also think that any reaction was unnecessary, the haters would have just talked and shut up faster, and yes... there was so much of it... it was a tough night 😒
eng translator :
I slept for two hours and woke up to a blackface case. Poom appeared on a livestream with his face painted black and wearing a wig. He was portraying a character from Thai culture.
Is this acceptable? No, it's problematic. But if you stop right there, your analysis is superficial.
Blackface is not just makeup. It's a practice that originates from minstrel shows, where white people painted their faces black to turn Black people into a caricature. This built stereotypes and perpetuates racism to this day.
In Brazil, this connects directly with slavery, marginalization, and structural racial inequality. However, Thailand does not have this history. It was never colonized in the same way; it didn't have a racial slave system like ours. This is where many people get it wrong.
This doesn't mean they are completely innocent over there. Colorism exists, skin tone hierarchy exists, representation issues exist... we know that well, right? It's just that it stems from a different context.
Now, the question that really matters isn't whether Poom made a mistake. Because that's obvious. The question is: why is your reaction never consistent?
When Sea was involved in something similar, there wasn't this level of outrage, was there? People were harassing me in my DMs, sending messages saying I didn't know what I was talking about, that I didn't know the culture, that it wasn't racism...
This reveals something much more serious than the actor's mistake. You don't operate on principle. You operate out of convenience.
Racism is not about your intention; it's about structure, context, and impact. But it's also not a tool for you to use selectively to attack those you dislike and ignore those you protect.
If your outrage depends on who makes the mistake, that isn't racial awareness... that's fandom. And if you didn't understand what I just said, because that possibility exists, you don't care about racism. You don't give a damn about racism.
In the end, you just want to use racial issues to attack those you hate. What is being discussed is not racism. What is being discussed is how much you want to attack the actor you dislike or how much you want to fuel a fandom war.
In the end, the topic isn't even about racism. It's just for you to have a reason to attack people. Because if you truly cared about racial issues, you would educate yourselves so you wouldn't be talking nonsense on the internet.
@geloputo You've got to be kidding... why should some be treated like snowflakes, while others get slammed for literally everything? I'll just remind you that segregation once reigned in my country, not yours. Is your education in Portugal really that shitty?
As a young black fan who is literally younger than Poom, I don't need grown adults from other countries coming into my mentions to lecture me on my own identity or call me a “boy's mom” I am fully allowed to have a nuanced perspective on Thai literature without being attacked😂😭