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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Panda-s1" data-source="post: 8033028" data-attributes="member: 59554">first of all if you want to get anywhere with this you can do better than treat us like a goddamn minefield. though if you want to I will say some of the mines are very big, with big blinking red lights with a sign pointing at it saying "THIS IS A MINE DO NOT STEP ON IT". I'm here because I play fun elf game. do you think I play D&D to ruin other people's fun?secondly if this is your attitude about racism and inclusion, why aren't you also worried about being a writer or artist beyond this issue? like let's pretend for a second that inclusivity wasn't an issue, do you honestly think it'd be any easier for you to establish a career if you didn't have to worry about it? there's a lot that goes into becoming a successful writer or artist, this isn't something that started a month ago, it's always been that way.did art stop?....seriously, did art stop? I know WotC dropped 2 MTG artists recently, but they had good reason to: one of them had deeply racist and transphobic views and the other was a known serial sexual harasser. do you feel like you fit either of these descriptions?why are you worried about the future? things change. that's life. when West Side Story came out it was praised as an amazing musical, it won an Oscar for best film. nowadays? we talk about the portrayal of Puerto Ricans in the film, and how the female lead was a white actress in brownface and how this is probably bad. but people still like the movie. people point out the problems in Lord of the Rings but even knowing them still enjoy the books and movies.the best you can do is adapt and change. a lot of authors and artists do this as time goes on and people still follow them. you know who will get spit on at the drop of a hat? the ones who refuse to learn and go to great lengths to defend their bigoted views.first of all if you're this worried then don't write about things you don't know. that's a good start. but also I'm pretty sure someone like a sensitivity reader will understand what it means to struggle financially, it's kinda part of the minority experience. I don't have resources available to me, unfortunately, but I'm sure if you look you can find someone with affordable services.do you see yourself doing anything those people did? have you done anything those people did? doesn't sound like it.yes. it's always been this way. maybe you've seen the portrait of Che Guevara. it's one of the most popular photographs ever taken. in some places he's vilified, in others he's a hero of the highest order. how you view him depends on your politics. I can't post that picture here because it's political. that picture is also 60 years old. art is poltical. it's always been political. it didn't become political a month ago. it's not gonna stop being political anytime in your's or my lifetime. "until the political mess is solved" that political mess has always been there and might be for some time.despite all this an amazing number of artists and authors have become wildly successful. and a lot of them are very good. you can worry about your own potential career all you want, but don't make it sound like this is going to prevent all art going forward. it's never stopped it before.</blockquote>

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