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<blockquote data-quote="KitanaVorr" data-source="post: 703551" data-attributes="member: 9167">Cultural difference should be recognized, I agree...which is why I support the skills/feats to show that.&nbsp; And yes I have taken those classes and done research into that area during college.I don't understand why there is an insistence on ability bonuses/negatives instead of feats/skills/favored classes?Racial stereotypes have been used since time beginning to deny people access to education, basic rights, jobs, etc.&nbsp; Its been used as an excuse like &quot;oh those people, they're not too smart, we don't want them in this school&quot; etc..&nbsp; The aboriginal people's plight is one example.&nbsp; The way the American Indians were treated.&nbsp; The way the Africans were made slaves and consequently treated more like animals then human beings...the list can go on and on.I believe that supporting or encouraging racial stereotypes of humans in your game using abilities is the wrong thing to do.&nbsp; You're basically saying its okay to believe that &quot;All mexicans are lazy&quot;...etc...when in fact All mexicans are not&nbsp; lazy, most Mexicans are extremely hard workers and quite intelligent...just like everyone else.No human race is &quot;better&quot; than another, or &quot;smarter&quot; than another based on genetics which are what the ability scores represent.I like the feats/skills because it lets you customize a character.&nbsp; A person who's not from the region, but grew up there, should have access to the feat/skills for that region.Besides, if the player really believes that the ability scores should be different, then when they create the character, they can just adjust what they put in there to match.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KitanaVorr, post: 703551, member: 9167"] Cultural difference should be recognized, I agree...which is why I support the skills/feats to show that. And yes I have taken those classes and done research into that area during college. I don't understand why there is an insistence on ability bonuses/negatives instead of feats/skills/favored classes? Racial stereotypes have been used since time beginning to deny people access to education, basic rights, jobs, etc. Its been used as an excuse like "oh [i]those[/i] people, they're not too smart, we don't want them in this school" etc.. The aboriginal people's plight is one example. The way the American Indians were treated. The way the Africans were made slaves and consequently treated more like animals then human beings...the list can go on and on. I believe that supporting or encouraging racial stereotypes of humans in your game using abilities is the wrong thing to do. You're basically saying its okay to believe that "All mexicans are lazy"...etc...when in fact All mexicans are not lazy, most Mexicans are extremely hard workers and quite intelligent...just like everyone else. No human race is "better" than another, or "smarter" than another based on genetics which are what the ability scores represent. I like the feats/skills because it lets you customize a character. A person who's not from the region, but grew up there, should have access to the feat/skills for that region. Besides, if the player really believes that the ability scores should be different, then when they create the character, they can just adjust what they put in there to match. [/QUOTE]

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