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<blockquote data-quote="VelvetViolet" data-source="post: 6207719" data-attributes="member: 6686357"><p>I find Paizo's attempts to be inclusive rather bizarre, since D&D is founded on racism being measurably true (e.g. dwarves are genetically hardwired to be good at appraising precious metals, half-orcs are genetically stupider than humans, etc) and ethnic cleansing and crime fantasy being a common past time (e.g. breaking into the homes of goblins, orcs, gnolls and other "ugly" peoples to kill them and take their stuff).</p><p></p><p>It's very strange to me when in the game world, its okay to be racist towards elves and orcs (even killing them), but when someone is prejudiced toward black people, gay people, or female people, they're irredeemably evil as in the real world. Just because elves and orcs are fictional doesn't excuse prejudice against them or the racist way they're designed. D&D societies display this bizarre moral system where they treat their own kind with 21st century liberal attitudes, but otherwise act like conquistadors/cowboys/etc.</p><p></p><p>Hiromu Arakawa invented a new human ethnicity for her manga (Ishvalans) with dark skin, white hair and red eyes, and then proceeded to explore the prejudice against them after they were victims of genocide and the horrible struggles they faced. It definitely blew all those shallow D&D sourcebooks on races out of the water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VelvetViolet, post: 6207719, member: 6686357"] I find Paizo's attempts to be inclusive rather bizarre, since D&D is founded on racism being measurably true (e.g. dwarves are genetically hardwired to be good at appraising precious metals, half-orcs are genetically stupider than humans, etc) and ethnic cleansing and crime fantasy being a common past time (e.g. breaking into the homes of goblins, orcs, gnolls and other "ugly" peoples to kill them and take their stuff). It's very strange to me when in the game world, its okay to be racist towards elves and orcs (even killing them), but when someone is prejudiced toward black people, gay people, or female people, they're irredeemably evil as in the real world. Just because elves and orcs are fictional doesn't excuse prejudice against them or the racist way they're designed. D&D societies display this bizarre moral system where they treat their own kind with 21st century liberal attitudes, but otherwise act like conquistadors/cowboys/etc. Hiromu Arakawa invented a new human ethnicity for her manga (Ishvalans) with dark skin, white hair and red eyes, and then proceeded to explore the prejudice against them after they were victims of genocide and the horrible struggles they faced. It definitely blew all those shallow D&D sourcebooks on races out of the water. [/QUOTE]
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