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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8491367" data-attributes="member: 6688049">A couple of more research findings, which I'd overlooked. I'll add them to the OP:&quot;Akkila-Khan went past the mountains and found King Loark. Together, they ravaged the yellow mens' steppes.&quot; PG, p.1&quot;Yellow Loonies&quot; -label from &quot;The World According to Orcs&quot; mapBoth of these &quot;yellow&quot; terms are referring to the Mongolian-inspired human beings of Ethengar. Though spoken from a &quot;stupid/comedic&quot; orcish perspective, they're still racial slurs.We could look in a 1988 Merriam-Webster dictionary to see whether &quot;yellow man&quot; is considered offensive or not.***Imagine if Akkila-Khan and Loark had instead ravaged the African-inspired Serpent Peninsula, and the text had said:&quot;Together, they ravaged the n*ggers' jungle.&quot;Or imagine of the &quot;The World According to Orcs&quot; map had included the Serpent Peninsula, which had been labeled: &quot;N*gger Loonies.&quot;That would be a problem, which could not be &quot;explained away&quot; by saying that the orcs are just stupid.&quot;Yellow man&quot; (and &quot;red man&quot;) are commensurate with the n-word.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 8491367, member: 6688049"] A couple of more research findings, which I'd overlooked. I'll add them to the OP: [I]"Akkila-Khan went past the mountains and found King Loark. Together, they ravaged the [B]yellow mens'[/B] steppes."[/I] PG, p.1 [I]"[B]Yellow Loonies[/B]"[/I] -label from "The World According to Orcs" map Both of these "yellow" terms are referring to the Mongolian-inspired human beings of Ethengar. Though spoken from a "stupid/comedic" orcish perspective, they're still racial slurs. We could look in a 1988 Merriam-Webster dictionary to see whether "yellow man" is considered offensive or not. *** Imagine if Akkila-Khan and Loark had instead ravaged the African-inspired Serpent Peninsula, and the text had said: [I]"Together, they ravaged the [B]n*ggers'[/B] jungle."[/I] Or imagine of the "The World According to Orcs" map had included the Serpent Peninsula, which had been labeled: [I][B]"N*gger Loonies."[/B][/I] That would be a problem, which could not be "explained away" by saying that the orcs are just stupid. "Yellow man" (and "red man") are commensurate with the n-word. [/QUOTE]

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