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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2604225" data-attributes="member: 22622">I'm African-American and I have two other African American (women no doubt) in my game.  Also, last year I actually had probably the first 6 person African-American Dungeons and Dragons group (not planned it was a really odd occurance).  I have two ex girlfriend whom are also still gamers. (both african americans) I think the problem is that gaming is still considered super demonic in our culture.  A great majority of African-Americans are Christians and religion is highly prompt in our society.  The games early 80s horrible reputation rang true.    I remember the first time my mom came over my apartment and saw us playing at my game she nearly flipped her lid and honest to god began blessing the game table.  (oh what an embarassing moment. ).  Its hard to introduce us to gaming.  The only board games dominant in our culture are spades, dominoes, uno and the occasional monopoly game.  We are a very culture oriented race and rarely will you see "us" venture outside of our culture comfort zone as far as recreation goes.  Like mostly culturely knit cultures, we tend to alienate those whom are not like the rest of the culture.  My gf's mom hid her phb when she first got it and one time she woke up to her mom dosing her with holy water.  There are a number of AFrican-Americans interested in gaming but are afraid from being too different from the culture and just don't know where to ask or who to go to.  Most of the AFrican-Americans I game with I introduced to rpgs by being very open with my hobby and bringing out its strong points.  "It's one of the most creative games that combines storytelling with an everchanging "board".  I invite them over to watch the games, play a little, they have quite a bit of fun.  For every one African-American I've introduced to gaming there are two who have come over and said it wasn't for them (including my best friend and older brother whom I have made a personal mission to get them into rpgin). It starts with one.  I remembered when I was playing magic.  EArlier in the stores history, It was me and maybe two or three other African-Americans.  But then everyone started bringing friends and eventually there were times when we had 25 people playing a large multiplayer of magic and 80 percent of them were African Americans.</blockquote>

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