Are you a pop culture fan of color? Have you noticed that your experience as a fan seems to differ from the "mainstream" fan experience? Fans of anime, manga, popular culture, comics, and animation share a passion, but sometimes fans of color find themselves isolated in their experiences. Fandom of Color is a platform dedicated to empowering voices and providing resources for fans of color.
Fandom of Color seeks to identify and explore the lack of intersectionality in fan studies, the benefits of exclusive or safe spaces for fans of color, and the culture and fan generated content that arise in such spaces. The definition of a fandom typically refers to an isolated and marginalized group with a shared interest that is outside of the mainstream, but the study of these so-called marginalized groups fails to consider the major forms of marginalization in the United States which are race and gender. People of color are othered in society and as fans find themselves othered not only in their racial groups by respectability politics but also within the fandom they choose to associate with through microaggressions and outright racism. Surveying fans of color and examining their cultural production online provides evidence of distinct subcultures with particularized experiences of fandom not found in the dominant fan culture.
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