wistfuljane: portrait of mizuki from hanakimi (manga) (mizuki)
jane ([personal profile] wistfuljane) wrote in [community profile] dark_agenda 2011-01-07 03:10 pm (UTC)

To address one of your concerns, we define the term chromatic and its shortcoming in our announcement post:

We use the term 'chromatic' as an umbrella definition for 'sourcelander', 'hyphenate', 'diasporian', 'person of colour', 'non-white', while we acknowledge that it has shortcomings. Similarly, we accept that there is a certain flattening in our 'White / Western /Other' terminology.

Chromatic is not a term [community profile] dark_agenda coined, but it's one coined and adopted by some non-white/people of color as one of the many umbrella terms to which they refer themselves, with its shortcoming and all. One that have gained significance and momentum in recent years (e.g. Chromatic Realities Press, [community profile] chromatic_fanfic and [community profile] chromaticvision among others).

[community profile] dark_agenda seeks to promote representation of chromatic sources, sources by non-white/creators of color in general and sources both from non-Western origins and by non-white/creators of color in particular, of chromatic/non-white/characters of colors and the responsible portrayal of. The community supports diversity and multiculturalism of chromatic characters, cultures and the respect of.

While [community profile] dark_agenda also supports general diversity and multiculturalism, one of its purposes is to create a space where we, non-white/fen of color especially, can and are encourage to produce (and/or consume) fanworks centering on chromatic characters and cultures responsibly and respectfully and our focus is on that. We'll try to be clear about the community's purposes in any posts made outside the community (e.g. possibly adding a "[community profile] dark_agenda, a community promoting chromatic sources and characters,..." introduction perhaps), but we're -- I'm less willing to compromise on our community's name or our usage of the term "chromatic".

Thank you for your feedback!

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