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<blockquote data-quote="Turjan" data-source="post: 1308998" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Okay, let's got through the class pics one by one:</p><p></p><p>Barbarian (Krusk): well, doesn't look like a human race (half-orc)</p><p>Bard (Gimble): Northern (gnome)</p><p>Cleric (Jozan): Hispanic</p><p>Druid (Vadania): Caucasian features, but funny colour (Half-elf)</p><p>Fighter (Tordek): Northern (dwarf)</p><p>Fighter (Regdar): African/Caucasian mix (he's definitely black in Scourge of Worlds)</p><p>Monk (Ember): African</p><p>Paladin (Alhandra): Hispanic/Arabic</p><p>Ranger (Soveliss): Hispanic/Arabic (elf)</p><p>Rogue (Lidda): Caucasian features, but funny colour (hobbit)</p><p>Sorcerer (Hennet): Caucasian, darker complexion</p><p>Wizard (Mialee): Hispanic/Arabic/African (elf)</p><p>Wizard (Nebin): Caucasian/Mediterranean (gnome)</p><p></p><p>Okay, then let's look at the racial composition of the USA from 2000:</p><p></p><p>White 75.1%, African American 12.3%, Asian 3.6%, Native Amercan 0.9%, Padific Islanders 0.1%, Other (whatever that is) 5.5%, mixed 2.4%</p><p>The percentage of Hispanic or Latino was 12.5% and is included in above statistics.</p><p></p><p>With 12 class pictures (the Barbarian does not count), there should be one and a half picture of a black/African American person. With Ember and Redgar, maybe Mialee, this seems to be fullfilled. Asian and Native Americans don't qualify (statistically, that is <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />), and there are none. Only the Hispanics get a bigger part than they could claim according to statistics; maybe a nod to the illegal immigrants <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> (j/k).</p><p></p><p>Looks to me as if WotC was overly PC in this regard. Definitely no reason to complain <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (except as a WASP <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).</p><p></p><p>Edit: I looked up what "Other" meant, and these were mostly Hispanics who were not content with "Hispanic" not being a racial category.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Turjan, post: 1308998, member: 3477"] Okay, let's got through the class pics one by one: Barbarian (Krusk): well, doesn't look like a human race (half-orc) Bard (Gimble): Northern (gnome) Cleric (Jozan): Hispanic Druid (Vadania): Caucasian features, but funny colour (Half-elf) Fighter (Tordek): Northern (dwarf) Fighter (Regdar): African/Caucasian mix (he's definitely black in Scourge of Worlds) Monk (Ember): African Paladin (Alhandra): Hispanic/Arabic Ranger (Soveliss): Hispanic/Arabic (elf) Rogue (Lidda): Caucasian features, but funny colour (hobbit) Sorcerer (Hennet): Caucasian, darker complexion Wizard (Mialee): Hispanic/Arabic/African (elf) Wizard (Nebin): Caucasian/Mediterranean (gnome) Okay, then let's look at the racial composition of the USA from 2000: White 75.1%, African American 12.3%, Asian 3.6%, Native Amercan 0.9%, Padific Islanders 0.1%, Other (whatever that is) 5.5%, mixed 2.4% The percentage of Hispanic or Latino was 12.5% and is included in above statistics. With 12 class pictures (the Barbarian does not count), there should be one and a half picture of a black/African American person. With Ember and Redgar, maybe Mialee, this seems to be fullfilled. Asian and Native Americans don't qualify (statistically, that is :D), and there are none. Only the Hispanics get a bigger part than they could claim according to statistics; maybe a nod to the illegal immigrants :D (j/k). Looks to me as if WotC was overly PC in this regard. Definitely no reason to complain :) (except as a WASP :D). Edit: I looked up what "Other" meant, and these were mostly Hispanics who were not content with "Hispanic" not being a racial category. [/QUOTE]
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