Thank God, finally someone normal. I was shocked by how people reacted to this, it’s simply a manhwa set in a specific era where owning a black slave was considered normal. It looks like a double standard, in other manhwas set in historical Korea, there are slaves too (albeit of the same nationality), yet nobody cares. But when a similar manhwa comes along that also reflects historical reality, suddenly it’s a problem. Writing true to the times is wrong, but not writing about it is wrong too.
Exactly. While reading it the first time I WOULD NEVER EVEN TOUGHT that black slaves will be a problem here... like what was she supposed to do? Are we even allowed to use HISTORICAL INFO AS A BACKGROUND TO OUR STORIES or are we - too - going to be shat at because of that? Like wtf people?
… this is so weird the enslavememt of black people wasnt even normal to ppl then as some white people who thought it was so atrocious tried so hard to abolish it. they literally threw black babies to alligators so it can eat them, they turned the skin of black people into leather, they wore the teeth of black people, they even ate black people who were rebels, and they raped black women…. this is deep and you cant tell me otherwise
exactly op above is so ignorant you lot clearly know nothing about the civil rights war and the fight for civil rights for black americans
normal and slavery in one sentence you cannot make this shit up this woke me up
Exactly, it would’ve been even worse if Jaxx decided not to address racism and slavery during this time. Or pretended like slavery didn’t exist. Like during the western era there was slavery and racism. Obviously there still is and it wasn’t until the civil rights movement during the 1950-1960s where Black Americans and other pocs got more equal rights. Ppl who don’t know abt American history shouldn’t even be acting like they know everything.
However I think this trope is still problematic b/c of power imbalance. White ppl could abuse and kill poc without much repercussions or none at all. And I can see why ppl might find this story weird. Especially w/ the ml being a slave. Idek how to feel abt it anymore.
This take is so odd. So if I went and made some yaoi slop using the holocaust as a background that would be okay? I feel like people really do trivialize what happened during slavery because I don’t understand how you’re justifying this nonsense. Black peoples struggles are not the backdrop for people’s love stories. It’d be one thing if the author went through great lengths to actually educate them selves on slavery and portray it with historical accuracy but what do you mean you give enslaved black people money and tell them to re-settle and all’s well that ends well? You actually can’t be serious the author literally could’ve just done a cowboy themed story too and it would’ve worked just fine I don’t know what about post-civil war America and slavery sounds romantic to anyone
Just comment is so weird
“Slavery was normal” you need to die
The story takes place at such a time, of course it will be somehow controversial. but for this reason, it is wrong to write about historically consistent? there are a lot of manhws that take place in the old Korea and there are slaves too, which is historically consistent but no one points it out, why is it suddenly wrong now? And no one stops you from writing stories about the Holocaust if you write truthfully. This is only the first chapter, how do you know that the author will misrepresent those times? maybe they will write them correctly, we will see it later when there are more chapters
It's not even about it being a bl or romantic story - people will use slavery as a topic to any type of stories, or simply write in the era of it. As someone above said - the author could've read to it more since it's not easy at all to go and "settle somewhere" after being a slave just because you have money now. I am not ignorant about this topic - what I wanted to highlight is that people shouldn't be calling her a racist for using black slavery in the background in a year that sure fucking had it. As someone said - she could've put more work into the segment with freeing the slaves - there were people like that of course but it felt rushed and kind of weirdly written. Who knows, maybe she's not planning on using the slave topic for the main characters surroundings and stuff so she wanted to get it out of the way - which is not right ofc. BUT BACK TO THE POINT - she's not a racist for using that era to her story... like... seriously... I'm at a loss for words.
Exactlyyy!
what? it's true, IN THOSE YEARS it was normal, you can't change how it used to be
yes its wrong when this a BL SMUTTTT mind you context matters dummy that has no place in a serious subject such as SLAVERY WHITE SUPREMACY….. native americans etc etc. also no one who is not even from the continent of america should be writing this shit
this! Plus this is only the first chapter, maybe the author will develop the stories of what happened to those people who were sent back by MC or maybe not and even slavery will not be the main topic. Nothing is known yet
she is racist cuz it isnt her place to depict this history in a fuck ass SMUT a genre used to goon off to omg… its disingenuous and distasteful and weird
As I'm saying - I'm at a loss for words. It was fucking normal to the people living in this era. As normal as the fact, that there also were people who hated the fact and loved it and also those who would simply walk away like it's the most normal thing in the world. It's the same now with many other topics - LGBTQ? Hate it, love it, already used to it. In our times using the word normal is fucked up BUT NOT FOR THAT ERA. How else will you call? If you asked someone born back then they would probably say that it indeed is normal. And those are the facts. We live in different times now, try to look at it from a perspective of someone who lived then... and not a saviour - a REGULAR PERSON.
forbidding people to write is also wrong, they may not be from America and be well informed about it. It may even happen that someone from outside the country will write such a story better than a person who lives there, it all depends on how much knowledge someone has on a given topic
You can aswell use it in sc-fi, what's the difference? I am not a seasoned bl reader but as someone said, there are other stories with slaves. So why cannot we shut up about it now? What's the problem here and why do we act like it's something new that people make stories in that genre in different war, or any other timelines
Guys are you missing the year...? Do people really not realize that black people WERE SLAVES IN THOSE TIMES? It's not racism from the author, it was NORMAL back then and she portrayed the racism of these times even lighter than a normal ranch owner would treat his slaves. If you were to read a story like this there would be racism too - and the guy proudly saying his a slave? He can aswell find it as some kind of value for himself or who knows - it might have been a joke saying even, because THERE WERE PEOPLE WITH WEIRD SHIT IN THEIR HEADS AND I CAN BET YOU - some white people were fantacising about this shit too back in the day. (English is not my first so don't bite-)