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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9346898" data-attributes="member: 58172">Because, I live in a global world. I have friends from various ethnicities. We play D&D.Majority? I am looking at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_demographics" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. The US has odd ethnic categories for historical and legal reasons.The United States is about 62% "White" (an American pan-ethnicity). But this includes about 4% Latino White, 1% "Middle Eastern" (various ethnicities), and whoever 38% "Other" are.Say around 60% of the US is Pan-European White. That is a majority, but not a defining majority. 40% of potential customers arent. 40% of potential friends arent.African (an American Pan-African ethnicity) is about 12%"Asian" (very many diverse ethnicities) about 6%.Indigenous about 1%.Other about 9%."Multiracial" about 10%.If there is a picture with five US characters, maybe three are White, but two wont be.I feel one should never ignore the majority. But it is good to make room for minorities, and even overrepresent them, especially in a fantasy game, where the minorities can offer interesting perspectives.Out of five characters in a US fantasy game, probably two are White, even with a majority demographic in mind. One will probably be African American, one Asian American, and the fifth a choice of other, perhaps Indigenous.The US is ethnically diverse.This is just a glance. With a 100 pages of illustrations, the representation can become more inclusive, with better resolution of the diversities within each group.Both women look clearly White. The man sitting has blond hair. The man standing is probably White.Honestly. To prevent a backlash, the US entertainment industry does well to remember its White male customers. And. Be more inclusive of other identities.Yes. Intentionally. It is a US company, whose customers are mostly Americans. Plus, the US is ethnically diverse, so there is some outreach.</blockquote>

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