I have had this post open for a week now, because I keep meaning to/wanting to/needing to comment, but I have nothing smart to say, just that I *see* a positive difference in fannish responses to race issues in texts now vs. even 3-4 years ago (things that I know I'd have seen get an A for "at least they're trying for diversity!" back in my heavy Buffy days are more likely to get a wide case of "Oh, FACEPALM, what were you THINKING???"), and every single time I do, I know that it's fans like you who've been doing the work, and encouraging others to do the work, too, that are in large part to thank for it.

God knows, there's still a long, long way to go--as you say, there are no gold stars, and it's work that just keeps needing to be done, a lifetime of conditioning to be pushed against inch by painful inch--but seriously, thank you.