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<blockquote data-quote="Darva Shriver" data-source="post: 7728035" data-attributes="member: 6915728"><p>In that case, the Aztec language is called Nahautl, and the Mayan is Quiche. Nahautl is actually very representative of the, to us, awkward spellings, word construction and sounds that tend to make up the fantasy world version of these languages, and Moonsong's comment is just incorrect and poorly researched. No offense intended, that's just how it reads.</p><p></p><p>I won't try and read too much into Moonsong's comments, but at first read, they strike me as "modern european derived western culture cannot possibly portray a mesoamerican culture properly and respectfully, so don't even try ." I don't accept that notion for any modern culture trying to explore any other culture, the actual execution of the project is far more important than the author or the specifics, and C1: Tamoachan, FR's Maztica and Hollow World's Azcan material show no glaring signs of racism or derogatory treatment. </p><p></p><p>The only D&D product I'm aware of that does cross the line into offensive in that regard is Greyhawk's Scarlet Brotherhood supplement for AD&D 2nd ed. by Sean Reynolds. It's horrible writing with a total lack of any research into or respect for the source cultures and relies on extremely racist treatment of African and Mesoamerican parallel cultures as nothing more than mindless cannibal savages. Beyond that product, D&D has a pretty good track record though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darva Shriver, post: 7728035, member: 6915728"] In that case, the Aztec language is called Nahautl, and the Mayan is Quiche. Nahautl is actually very representative of the, to us, awkward spellings, word construction and sounds that tend to make up the fantasy world version of these languages, and Moonsong's comment is just incorrect and poorly researched. No offense intended, that's just how it reads. I won't try and read too much into Moonsong's comments, but at first read, they strike me as "modern european derived western culture cannot possibly portray a mesoamerican culture properly and respectfully, so don't even try ." I don't accept that notion for any modern culture trying to explore any other culture, the actual execution of the project is far more important than the author or the specifics, and C1: Tamoachan, FR's Maztica and Hollow World's Azcan material show no glaring signs of racism or derogatory treatment. The only D&D product I'm aware of that does cross the line into offensive in that regard is Greyhawk's Scarlet Brotherhood supplement for AD&D 2nd ed. by Sean Reynolds. It's horrible writing with a total lack of any research into or respect for the source cultures and relies on extremely racist treatment of African and Mesoamerican parallel cultures as nothing more than mindless cannibal savages. Beyond that product, D&D has a pretty good track record though. [/QUOTE]
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