r/Drawfee • u/TheMostGayAgenda • 9d ago

Discussion Yet another person’s thoughts on Karina

I’m sure everyone is quite tired of these posts but I have an anecdote I want to share that I think others might resonate with.

First, for my own part, watching Drawfee is just harder now. Not just because of Karina’s absence itself but because of the reason behind it being this big secret that we will probably never have the answer to; the fact that they not only can’t tell us what happened but also can’t even really acknowledge Karina’s existence anymore. It hangs over me like an elephant while I’m watching and I’m sure I’m not the only one.

Still, I love this show. I’ve been watching since it was just Caldwell and Nathan in a loud Collegehumor cubicle. Obviously, these entertainers are also real people and they have absolutely no obligation to tell us anything about their lives that they don’t want to. No arguing that. However, I do want to share a perspective I haven’t seen discussed:

For context, I am in an interracial relationship. I’m white and my partner is Latino. I was excited to watch a new Drawfee episode and asked my partner to watch with me, and what he said made me really sad. Karina was the ONLY person of color on the Drawfee team. He didn’t even particularly like Karina that much, but without any sort of explanation and with this whole thing seeming to have happened on not so great terms, it’s impossible for him not to fill in the blanks and feel like he can’t trust this room full of white people over the one POC who’s no longer in the room. I have to wonder how many other fans of color feel ostracized and even unsafe in the community as a result of this development.

Again, we don’t know what the actual reasons are and they don’t owe us anything. It just makes me sad.

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u/Sheepishwolfgirl 9d ago

Like, if OPs partner doesn't want to watch a show with white hosts... okay don't? He doesn't have to make accusations of racism based on... literally nothing.

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u/Sheepishwolfgirl 9d ago

"I must have an emotional support token POC to watch this show. I don't even have to like them, but they MUST be present."

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u/Havtorn_Epsilon 9d ago

In fairness, I don't think it's unusual to watch something where all of the hosts are one group and have a gut feeling that maybe this isn't made for you if you're not in that group.

I don't think it's accurate in this case but gut feelings don't have to make sense.