Ankh-Morpork Guard
First Post
ConcreteBuddha said:
Um. FR teaches us that when black women (drow) take control of a society, chaos and evil ensue.
The issue is not sexism in the game-world, it's sexism in our world. It is sexist to make a game world where the only place where black women are in power is chaotic evil. Not to mention that a greater diety (lolth) is evil, black and a woman.
Where is the Good black woman greater diety?
Thing is, its a long estabolished thing in Western culture that White represents Good and Purity, while Black is Evil and Corruption. Does this apply to the races? No. No one, unless you're an albino, is WHITE. No one, unless you've been severly burned, is BLACK. They're simply terms used that have an effect of making the user feel greater than the group being mentioned. This isn't the place for this kind of discussion, because it borders far too close to politics.
Besides...what about Red Wizards? What about the Zhentarim? Etc etc etc...it IS called reaching, because you're pulling at ideas that aren't even there in the first place.