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<blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8025594" data-attributes="member: 6761960"><p>I don't see how this is hard.</p><p></p><p>If some Asian people say "this kind of language is used to harm us," stop using it. It's not 100% of people of Asian descent, it's not 50% people of Asian descent, and I guarantee even 10% of the people who live in the country where my grandparents came from don't care about D&D...</p><p></p><p>It doesn't matter if it's not a majority. There are many of them who don't speak English and don't care. Billions of people don't give a damn about D&D or the nuances of the Orientalism discourse. They have other things to do in their lives and don't deal directly with the D&D market, or EN World, or English-speaking RPG groups, or the FLGS in your neighbourhood.</p><p></p><p>But <em>we</em> care, because for those of <em>us</em> who engage with gaming in the Anglosphere, either because this is where the biggest RPG industry is or because we were <em>colonized</em> so of course we work in English, this is the kind of language used to harm us and our relatives. All the time. For many of you there isn't precedent unless your ancestors went through such traumatic mass events like colonization or endured systemic racism when immigrating to Anglosphere countries. But please try to understand.</p><p></p><p>If you <em>want</em> diverse voices to engage with the roleplaying hobby, if you <em>want</em> Asian stories from Asian voices, if you <em>want</em> us to make cool RPG stuff about things you would never dream of from reading OA, like:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://bukojuice.itch.io/cockamania" target="_blank">Mouse-deer tricksters stealing from monsoon gods</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://umar-azizi.itch.io/hang-tuah-vs-vampires" target="_blank">Folk heroes making sneaky bargains with blood-drinking creatures of the night to fulfill epic quests</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://zedecksiew.tumblr.com/post/172688967221/of-palm-wine-women-and-war" target="_blank">The failed Yuan Dynasty expedition to Java and how Raden Vijaya tricked the Mongol forces into helping him build an empire</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://hungryghostgames.itch.io/sutra-stories" target="_blank">Celestial bureaucracies of the Daoist, Buddhist and Confucian traditions in turmoil and rebellion as the mortal world changes below them</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://aryl-ether.itch.io/taels-of-the-heisty-vixens" target="_blank">Wily thieves in a colonized city using martial arts and secret traditional magic to steal back from the empire that rules them</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://hishgraphics.com/patreon-more-enigma-corps/" target="_blank">Biker gangs of an alt-history dieselpunk Srivijaya Empire</a></li> </ul><p>...maybe don't support portrayals and language that - we're <em>telling</em> you - harm us and our communities. <em>Do</em> buy our works and reach out to us about doing bigger, better-funded projects. Because we are right here, whether in Dayton, Ohio or Brighton, England or in the heart of the youngest-trending and largest Muslim region in the world.</p><p></p><p>We're right here.</p><p></p><p>I have spoken.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tun Kai Poh, post: 8025594, member: 6761960"] I don't see how this is hard. If some Asian people say "this kind of language is used to harm us," stop using it. It's not 100% of people of Asian descent, it's not 50% people of Asian descent, and I guarantee even 10% of the people who live in the country where my grandparents came from don't care about D&D... It doesn't matter if it's not a majority. There are many of them who don't speak English and don't care. Billions of people don't give a damn about D&D or the nuances of the Orientalism discourse. They have other things to do in their lives and don't deal directly with the D&D market, or EN World, or English-speaking RPG groups, or the FLGS in your neighbourhood. But [I]we[/I] care, because for those of [I]us[/I] who engage with gaming in the Anglosphere, either because this is where the biggest RPG industry is or because we were [I]colonized[/I] so of course we work in English, this is the kind of language used to harm us and our relatives. All the time. For many of you there isn't precedent unless your ancestors went through such traumatic mass events like colonization or endured systemic racism when immigrating to Anglosphere countries. But please try to understand. If you [I]want[/I] diverse voices to engage with the roleplaying hobby, if you [I]want[/I] Asian stories from Asian voices, if you [I]want[/I] us to make cool RPG stuff about things you would never dream of from reading OA, like: [LIST] [*][URL='https://bukojuice.itch.io/cockamania']Mouse-deer tricksters stealing from monsoon gods[/URL] [*][URL='https://umar-azizi.itch.io/hang-tuah-vs-vampires']Folk heroes making sneaky bargains with blood-drinking creatures of the night to fulfill epic quests[/URL] [*][URL='https://zedecksiew.tumblr.com/post/172688967221/of-palm-wine-women-and-war']The failed Yuan Dynasty expedition to Java and how Raden Vijaya tricked the Mongol forces into helping him build an empire[/URL] [*][URL='https://hungryghostgames.itch.io/sutra-stories']Celestial bureaucracies of the Daoist, Buddhist and Confucian traditions in turmoil and rebellion as the mortal world changes below them[/URL] [*][URL='https://aryl-ether.itch.io/taels-of-the-heisty-vixens']Wily thieves in a colonized city using martial arts and secret traditional magic to steal back from the empire that rules them[/URL] [*][URL='https://hishgraphics.com/patreon-more-enigma-corps/']Biker gangs of an alt-history dieselpunk Srivijaya Empire[/URL] [/LIST] ...maybe don't support portrayals and language that - we're [I]telling[/I] you - harm us and our communities. [I]Do[/I] buy our works and reach out to us about doing bigger, better-funded projects. Because we are right here, whether in Dayton, Ohio or Brighton, England or in the heart of the youngest-trending and largest Muslim region in the world. We're right here. I have spoken. [/QUOTE]
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