Solid! The d20 Blaxploitation Experience

[Crothian]

My point is that "Negro" is an antiquated term and is today considered pejorative

it is but then so is the subject matter. It is a word that was used heavily in the genre so it mnakes sense that it is there

 

[Crothian]

and have you added a review of that to RPG.net Cro?

no, I stick to my little d20 game reviews I haven't branched out at all. Not like I need to create more work for me

 

[JPL]

My point is that "Negro" is an antiquated term and is today considered pejorative.

Van Peebles may not be "hung up on that sort of thing", but I guarantee that they didn't ask him, either. So why use an out-of-date term?

I think you are right. I think they probably did not call Melvin Van Peebles and ask permission to call him a "Negro filmmaker" in their roleplaying game supplement.

I think reveal is also correct --- the author may be using that out-of-date term for effect, because he is writing specifically about the 1971 release of "Sweet Sweetback" and emphasizing what a revolutionary film this was in an era where African Americans were still regarded as "Negro."

Or maybe it was just a bit of sloppy writing. I dunno.

But I hesitate to call it "disrespectful," because I think the author goes out of his way to show his respect for the genre and its creators.

"Skull and Bones," by the way, handles issues of race and religion very tastefully.