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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8472757" data-attributes="member: 7026617">Sure.&nbsp; I'm just saying there's a limited degree you should expect it. You may have to just do your own lifting and call it good. Otherwise you're just doing a variation on expecting free emotional labor.See above.&nbsp; It isn't, as long as you don't, as I said, expect it.(Though in the case of some groups, you may have to do more searching than others.&nbsp; I have good faith that I could find a reasonable range of English speaking Brazillians; I'd be less certain of Peruvians, especially if I wanted to find something beyond the heavily Spanish influenced urban dwellers and wanted to have a sense of how the more native populace views things).Edit: In fact, that's one of those places where being of the culture is a huge advantage; even if you're not as well-steeped in some aspects of your culture as you could be, its going to be easier to access it for various reasons including language.&nbsp; I doubt I could have produced a result like the guy who did the Elephant and Macaw Banner RPG without enormous amount of extremely difficult work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 8472757, member: 7026617"] Sure. I'm just saying there's a limited degree you should [I]expect[/I] it. You may have to just do your own lifting and call it good. Otherwise you're just doing a variation on expecting free emotional labor. See above. It isn't, as long as you don't, as I said, [I]expect[/I] it. (Though in the case of some groups, you may have to do more searching than others. I have good faith that I could find a reasonable range of English speaking Brazillians; I'd be less certain of Peruvians, especially if I wanted to find something beyond the heavily Spanish influenced urban dwellers and wanted to have a sense of how the more native populace views things). Edit: In fact, that's one of those places where being of the culture is a huge advantage; even if you're not as well-steeped in some aspects of your culture as you could be, its going to be easier to access it for various reasons including language. I doubt I could have produced a result like the guy who did the [I]Elephant and Macaw Banner RPG[/I] without enormous amount of extremely difficult work. [/QUOTE]

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