but I'm not sure why that would produce the assumption that there is any intention to "privilege" those incidents over others that also involve racism, ethnocentrism, colorism, antisemitism, etc. outside of the U.S.
My apologies for not being clear. I am concerned about precisely this. There are plenty of things on AO3 that would be very traumatic to read for someone who had suffered those things in real life. Not just racism. Once censorship for "offensive" content is permitted on one ground, it will be demanded for anything that offends anyone.
Should those issues not be something that can be spoken out about or acted on because they only affect fans from one country or culture?
Anyone can speak as they wish, if they speak through a fanfic, that's the point of AO3; no-one is forced to read. Impose their views as AO3 policy on all other users of the Archive? No, I don't think they should do that.
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Date: 2023-06-09 07:55 am (UTC)My apologies for not being clear. I am concerned about precisely this. There are plenty of things on AO3 that would be very traumatic to read for someone who had suffered those things in real life. Not just racism. Once censorship for "offensive" content is permitted on one ground, it will be demanded for anything that offends anyone.
Should those issues not be something that can be spoken out about or acted on because they only affect fans from one country or culture?
Anyone can speak as they wish, if they speak through a fanfic, that's the point of AO3; no-one is forced to read. Impose their views as AO3 policy on all other users of the Archive? No, I don't think they should do that.