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Anti racism is being framed as "pro-censorship" in fandom (as well as anti fandom in and of itself) so for the AO3 to do something about racism on its platform specifically - including get an unrelated professional to figure out how to protect fans of color - would be censorship.<ref>[https://twitter.com/stitchmediamix/status/1452730375176925185 Tweet by @stitchmediamix], October 25, 2021 (Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref>

Anti racism is being framed as "pro-censorship" in fandom (as well as anti fandom in and of itself) so for the AO3 to do something about racism on its platform specifically - including get an unrelated professional to figure out how to protect fans of color - would be censorship.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220209212437/https://twitter.com/stitchmediamix/status/1452730375176925185 Tweet by @stitchmediamix], October 25, 2021 (Accessed February 8, 2022.</ref>

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This isn't just "some people have preferences and those preferences can be a bit messed up". They're openly going "AO3* can either be anti racist or it can be anti censorship... and we want it to be anti censorship"

This isn't just "some people have preferences and those preferences can be a bit messed up". They're openly going "AO3* can either be anti racist or it can be anti censorship... and we want it to be anti censorship"

(* a stand-in for fandom @ large actually)<ref>[https://twitter.com/stitchmediamix/status/1452730378997874690 Tweet by @stitchmediamix], October 25, 2021. (Accessed February 8, 2022).</ref>}}

(* a stand-in for fandom @ large actually)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220819152654/https://twitter.com/stitchmediamix/status/1452730378997874690 Tweet by @stitchmediamix], October 25, 2021. (Accessed February 8, 2022).</ref>}}

The question of how works on the Archive would be identified as "racist" has also been the subject of considerable debate, as well as the issue of works by fans of colour that deal with racism and its effects being potentially caught in the crossfire.

The question of how works on the Archive would be identified as "racist" has also been the subject of considerable debate, as well as the issue of works by fans of colour that deal with racism and its effects being potentially caught in the crossfire.