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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8931442" data-attributes="member: 3400">The time and resources people (marketers, art directors, etc) have to spend isn't infinite. Every bit of time spent talking to marginalized groups means you're not talking to the privileged groups, and vice versa. Every piece of art that is depicts someone who is a POC or female isn't a white guy. You'd think nobody would complain, but they do. Every bit of effort spent to make the hobby more approachable gets attacked by members of the group privileged enough to be in it from the beginning. Every bit of effort gets criticized as alienating the privileged in-group. And this is despite claims that the hobby has always been welcoming, that &quot;My table has always welcomed people who are different&quot; while still having mostly-to-all white guys sitting at it. And it isn't even about putting down the privileged in-group as much as it's working to broaden it by focusing on who isn't already in it. It doesn't matter - the criticism from the privileged in-group is the same.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 8931442, member: 3400"] The time and resources people (marketers, art directors, etc) have to spend isn't infinite. Every bit of time spent talking to marginalized groups means you're not talking to the privileged groups, and vice versa. Every piece of art that is depicts someone who is a POC or female isn't a white guy. You'd think nobody would complain, but they do. Every bit of effort spent to make the hobby more approachable gets attacked by members of the group privileged enough to be in it from the beginning. Every bit of effort gets criticized as alienating the privileged in-group. And this is despite claims that the hobby has always been welcoming, that "My table has always welcomed people who are different" while still having mostly-to-all white guys sitting at it. And it isn't even about putting down the privileged in-group as much as it's working to broaden it by focusing on who isn't already in it. It doesn't matter - the criticism from the privileged in-group is the same. [/QUOTE]

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