signal boost: racism in post-earthquake Haiti fic

I lurk on the SPN anon meme to see what people think of the Big Bangs and figure out if it's worth reading - so the recent drama I have seen develop since the very beginning.

Yesterday, gatorgrrrl posted a J2 fic set in post-earthquake Haiti. The summary reads:

The setting is Haiti, post-earthquake. Jensen Ackles is an American doctor who's running from his past, trying to make up for his mistakes in this broken place and live up to the promise he made to his brother half a lifetime ago. Jared Padalecki is a naive photojournalist who's hiding from himself, hoping to find one more story in a place already forgotten by the rest of the world. When he learns about all the good things Jensen and his friend, Haitian nurse Abraham Joseph, are doing around the ravaged country, he thinks he's found his story. Jensen, of course, thinks otherwise. But Jared is nothing if not persistent, and when circumstances work to throw them together, he quickly learns that Dr. Jensen Ackles is more than just a story and that sometimes, stories can become personal.

You want to know why this is a bad idea?

This is why it's a bad idea.

That post contains a summary of the fic; talks about its problems; and provides a lot of links to the ensuing comments by anon and logged-in LJers who raised their problems with the fic, the author's apology, other wank, and link to a lot of very interesting, very informational meta.

You can see snippets of the fic here (warning for massive racefail):
http://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/502091.html

You can see critical discussion of the fic here:
http://spnpermanon.livejournal.com/5327.html?thread=21170127#t21170127
http://gatorgrrrl.livejournal.com/166197.html

You can see the author's apology here:
http://gatorgrrrl.livejournal.com/170704.html

I posted to my RL journal and ended up raging about it all day and most of last night. I am honestly exhausted. But I want to let other people see what's going on and what's wrong here, because we don't automatically know. We have to be told; discover; learn on our own. I learned a lot from this drama (as well as raged a lot) and I hope you do too.

( More under cut. Warning for rage and language. )

(My next post will be happy and flaily about the World Cup, okay? Flail with me, I have been tweeting madly and learning things about football. I need the lighthearted break from these heavy topics and shallow footballers is right up that alley. ♥)