I think that there's no such thing as being a 'small fan' when it comes to speaking out about something like this. If enough people are commenting on this, journalling about it, then people who might otherwise pass it by might take a look and be drawn in.
Right now, on at least one of my f-lists, I'm the only person commenting about this. The f-list in question is largely white, female, and fannish, and I strongly suspect they look upon my posts as "one of T's crusades *sigh*" rather than anything that involves them.
In many ways, it's even harder because I've only been looking at how race affects me in the last couple of years when I realised there was a component of prejudice regarding the treatment of non-white actors and characters in the shows I watched. It's not one of the things I started out being friended for; and for the old friends, it's difficult for them to have someone they thought they knew suddenly take up a crusade that they don't or can't sympathise with.
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Right now, on at least one of my f-lists, I'm the only person commenting about this. The f-list in question is largely white, female, and fannish, and I strongly suspect they look upon my posts as "one of T's crusades *sigh*" rather than anything that involves them.
In many ways, it's even harder because I've only been looking at how race affects me in the last couple of years when I realised there was a component of prejudice regarding the treatment of non-white actors and characters in the shows I watched. It's not one of the things I started out being friended for; and for the old friends, it's difficult for them to have someone they thought they knew suddenly take up a crusade that they don't or can't sympathise with.