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<blockquote data-quote="Haldrik" data-source="post: 8039973" data-attributes="member: 6694221">Heh, yeah. The problem is &quot;white&quot; makes less sense.I have never self-identified with the weird American term &quot;white&quot;. Much of my background comes from two European ethnicities that I do identify with. But the word &quot;white&quot; that includes Italian and Polish and German, not at all in any way. &quot;White&quot; isnt me.Moreover, the American ethnic group &quot;white&quot; makes decreasing sense, when &quot;white&quot; families and &quot;black&quot; families intermarry normally. Latino are already a continuum. Maybe during the historical slavery as it took place in America, the artificial separation of &quot;white&quot; Pan-Europe and &quot;black&quot; Pan-Africa might have made some sense.But today &quot;white&quot; and &quot;black&quot; are increasingly meaningless.In D&amp;D, it is normal to describe complexion as part of a visual sketch. Compare the extraordinary fascination with the appearance of elven complexions in old school D&amp;D. As part of a story where normal to describe physical appearance, mentioning skin color, hair color, and eye color can be interesting. Mentioning choice of clothing can be interesting. Clothing and ornament often signify gender, whether masculine, feminine, androgynous, or nonbinary.To specify, between the colors white and black, &quot;nonbinary&quot; is like gray, a neutral blend that is ambiguous and subtly in between, while &quot;androgynous&quot; is more like a checker pattern, assembling pronounced aspects from both edges of the gender continuum.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haldrik, post: 8039973, member: 6694221"] Heh, yeah. The problem is "white" makes less sense. I have never self-identified with the weird American term "white". Much of my background comes from two European ethnicities that I do identify with. But the word "white" that includes Italian and Polish and German, not at all in any way. "White" isnt me. Moreover, the American ethnic group "white" makes decreasing sense, when "white" families and "black" families intermarry normally. Latino are already a continuum. Maybe during the historical slavery as it took place in America, the artificial separation of "white" Pan-Europe and "black" Pan-Africa might have made some sense. But today "white" and "black" are increasingly meaningless. In D&D, it is normal to describe complexion as part of a visual sketch. Compare the extraordinary fascination with the appearance of elven complexions in old school D&D. As part of a story where normal to describe physical appearance, mentioning skin color, hair color, and eye color can be interesting. Mentioning choice of clothing can be interesting. Clothing and ornament often signify gender, whether masculine, feminine, androgynous, or nonbinary. To specify, between the colors white and black, "nonbinary" is like gray, a neutral blend that is ambiguous and subtly in between, while "androgynous" is more like a checker pattern, assembling pronounced aspects from both edges of the gender continuum. [/QUOTE]

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