I wish to address chapter 16 in the ROT-P fanfic, where I described Tamari disguising in a niqab. I didn't feel as iffy with it when I published it a year and a half ago, however now I know better that it was ignorant of me to write it.
It's not okay to write a character wearing niqabs AS A DISGUISE, as it only fuels the irrational fear that white people have of niqabs and hijabs. My inspiration for the scene was Percy Jackson, who wrote Medusa disguising in niqab too... However the author is a white man.
I should have viewed that scene more critically.
I apologize to those I may have offended. There is more than enough racism and islamophobia in this world, I did not mean to contribute to it.
I have changed the scene to Tamari just wearing a large hoodie and mask.
If I ever write anything offensive again, please inform me in the comments that it's not okay.
Thank you for your attention.