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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 6434086" data-attributes="member: 1288"><p>And this is exactly the problem. Why does the "generic elf" (or dwarf, or whatever) always have to be white?</p><p></p><p>Answer: It doesn't, and modern editions are realizing that. But it <em>was</em> the case for a good long while.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, he wants you to acknowledge that it already is a racial issue for some people. Not the same thing. The fact that you don't see an issue doesn't mean it doesn't exist.</p><p></p><p>And lots of things have sold well that, in retrospect, contain troublesome attitudes. Howard. Lovecraft. Herbert. Comic books almost across the board. This doesn't make the books bad, or the authors evil. But it <em>does</em> mean that a society more accepting of diversity needs to at least acknowledge that some of these portrayals are bothersome to some people.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But the bulk of a movie audience <em>won't</em> be familiar with FR. Or the originating myths. Or anything else. <em>All</em> they would see is "The black race are the bad guys." Surely you can see how that could come across as problematic for some people?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 6434086, member: 1288"] And this is exactly the problem. Why does the "generic elf" (or dwarf, or whatever) always have to be white? Answer: It doesn't, and modern editions are realizing that. But it [I]was[/I] the case for a good long while. No, he wants you to acknowledge that it already is a racial issue for some people. Not the same thing. The fact that you don't see an issue doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And lots of things have sold well that, in retrospect, contain troublesome attitudes. Howard. Lovecraft. Herbert. Comic books almost across the board. This doesn't make the books bad, or the authors evil. But it [I]does[/I] mean that a society more accepting of diversity needs to at least acknowledge that some of these portrayals are bothersome to some people. But the bulk of a movie audience [I]won't[/I] be familiar with FR. Or the originating myths. Or anything else. [I]All[/I] they would see is "The black race are the bad guys." Surely you can see how that could come across as problematic for some people? [/QUOTE]
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