BookTenTiger
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For myself, while D&D is combat-focused, I would prefer for it to not be a racism simulator.All these comments cuz people don’t like to be reminded that DnD is and always has been a murder simulator lol
For myself, while D&D is combat-focused, I would prefer for it to not be a racism simulator.All these comments cuz people don’t like to be reminded that DnD is and always has been a murder simulator lol
In the 70's that would be a very weird thig to say.But what if we say, "He should have seen it if he collaborated with people of color."
Ding ding ding! Institutional racism (and colonialism in general) is everywhere, and affects everything.Of course, the fact that there wasn't a lot of diversity in the genesis of D&D is also a product of institutional racism.
So if a product offends you, start by putting yourself back in that age and see why it might have been written that way. It might be that, by your current standards, it is flawed beyond redemption, but criticism of the past is pointless, the past has happened, these products exist, so criticising them purely for existing in the light of your newfound "wisdom" is worthless.
A topic that has been regularly arising recently has concerned the continuing use of certain material in Dungeons & Dragons;
Or, in other words, those who do not examine the past are doomed to repeat it.
Welp, we got the ends covered, now to fill in every point between I guess.Ingeminating on the past is not productive.
Part of why I'm leery of "product of our time" arguments is that comments like this are completely ahistorical. Of course people were saying things like this in the 70's; they just were the types of folks that white people never listened to.In the 70's that would be a very weird thig to say.
But, we cannot criticize the future. Indeed, everything we can criticize is already done, a fait accomplis. The only way to make a better future is to look at the past, see what we don't like, and act so that the future is perhaps less likely to have some of the issues of the past. That is an act of criticism.
Or, in other words, those who do not examine the past are doomed to repeat it.
For myself, while D&D is combat-focused, I would prefer for it to not be a racism simulator.
Thankfully, it isnt.For myself, while D&D is combat-focused, I would prefer for it to not be a racism simulator.
I mean...it has feathers and a bill, it quacks, it waddles when it walks, it lays eggs, it hangs out in the water a lot...Thankfully, it isnt.