Currently, Boston, MA. Originally, Long Island, suburbs of NYC.
Truly, a stranger from a strange land.
[HenryCho]Hey, Piratecat lives in Boston as I recall. You should go hang out with him![/HenryCho]
Currently, Boston, MA. Originally, Long Island, suburbs of NYC.
Hussar, thanks for this post. I just wanted to say that, in Australia, being Black (especially obviously non-Indigenous Black) or of apparent South Asian heritage will also trigger questions, in exactly the way you describe. And the resuting issues of insult and tiresomeness and a sense of exclusion/alienation are all as you describe.I'm going to tell you, no one else ever gets questioned like this.
This was already answered by [MENTION=21169]Doug McCrae[/MENTION] before you joined the thread: the AD&D rules have orcs who live in "tribes" and have "witch doctors". It's a pulp-y conception of generic "natives".which Monster Manual entry makes you think that Orcs are intended to stand for "a particular racial stereotype"?
I don't know what sort of person you are under the impression I am. But I can assure you, you are barking up the wrong tree here.
This was already answered by [MENTION=21169]Doug McCrae[/MENTION] before you joined the thread: the AD&D rules have orcs who live in "tribes" and have "witch doctors". It's a pulp-y conception of generic "natives".
I want to point out that in this long and meandering thread about RW stereotypes being used in genre literature and the games inspired by it, I think we should all remember Hanlon’s Razor:
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
That’s the original formulation, but in this case, I doubt “stupidity “ is the actual foible in question. Instead, maybe it is “ignorance”, in the nonjudgmental sense of “being uninformed” about something- a gap in awareness. Perhaps even “indifference”.
IOW, I don’t see any evidence of an intent to denigrate on the part of most of the figures discussed herin. I honestly don’t think anyone’s calling JRRT, EGG, (most) other authors and game designers, or any fellow ENWorlders posting here as being actual racists. I think some if not most of the pushback seen here is coming from honest disbelief or lack of information, not genuine antagonism. I know I really haven’t felt anything like that much here.
I honestly don’t think anyone’s calling JRRT, EGG, (most) other authors and game designers, or any fellow ENWorlders posting here as being actual racists. I think some if not most of the pushback seen here is coming from honest disbelief or lack of information, not genuine antagonism.
This was already answered by [MENTION=21169]Doug McCrae[/MENTION] before you joined the thread: the AD&D rules have orcs who live in "tribes" and have "witch doctors". It's a pulp-y conception of generic "natives".