## Purpose:
This group if for RPG gamers of color, primarily as it relates to the
American experience and definition of race, and the issues we have as
minorities in a hobby almost defined by our near absence.
This is not a place for the promotion of racism or racial stereotypes,
but for coming together and sharing our experiences and perspectives.
It might be a place where we can discuss how to advocate for racial
sensitivity in gaming, and how to help our fellow gamers come to
understand and relate to us, it can also be a place for us to discuss
how to get more people of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds into
the hobby of table top roleplaying games.
There are people who believe that race has no place in discussion,
and / or that minorities have no place discussing it. This list is
logically not for them, and it would be appreciated if they not try to
attack the list. This list is for those who have found issues of race
to be a real and present force in their lives and their hobbies, and
wish to address how it impacts their particular hobby of roleplaying.
This list is something of an experiment to address something I feel
has a need, but is hard to define in really concrete terms.
## Rules of Discussion:
1. This -is- a somewhat political group, and as long as the discussion
is relevant to the group purpose political discussion will be
allowed.
2. Personal attacks, racial, ethnic, class, and religious slandering
will not be tolerated.
3. This group is not meant to exclude the majority race, but the
perspective for them here is much like of the perspective for men who
join women in gaming lists.
4. For now, discuss what seems relevant, and we'll see what rules are
needed.
## About the Moderator:
I'm arcady, and you can find my posts on a variety of gaming boards. I
also write fiction and do digital art (with a deviantart gallery under
my handle). I am racially mixed - near equal parts Asian, North American
Native, South American Native, and Caucasian. I'm nearly 34, married to
an Asian non gamer, and a student of Political Science and Criminal
Justice.
For moderation, I will try to take as a light a hand as I possibly can,
and I am very sensitive to the need to not show bias in that for any one
side. Keep it civil, and you hopefully might be able to forget that the
list has someone running it.
