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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8325534" data-attributes="member: 82106">Forgive me if this is rehashing: The way I see it is, there is &quot;nothing new under the Sun&quot; is the problem here. As an example, what color is the skin of your newly made up evil servitor race? I guess you could say &quot;bright blue&quot; and you're OK, but essentially whatever characteristics the thing has, they will probably evoke someone in the real world. That is someone's stereotype of someone else will share some element of it. [USER=6701124]@Cadence[/USER] says 'make it a chest burster', and that is a strategy that I do think works. Yet it obviously can seem pretty limited! Obviously the other answers amount to 'provide sufficient nuance to undermine any negative stereotype'. This seems to be the strategy being followed by most game companies in their products. It is helpful and a good idea, but it is always in danger of falling short in the eyes of someone. So there is always going to have to be a set of issues around who will tolerate what and where to draw lines. It won't ever go away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8325534, member: 82106"] Forgive me if this is rehashing: The way I see it is, there is "nothing new under the Sun" is the problem here. As an example, what color is the skin of your newly made up evil servitor race? I guess you could say "bright blue" and you're OK, but essentially whatever characteristics the thing has, they will probably evoke someone in the real world. That is someone's stereotype of someone else will share some element of it. [USER=6701124]@Cadence[/USER] says 'make it a chest burster', and that is a strategy that I do think works. Yet it obviously can seem pretty limited! Obviously the other answers amount to 'provide sufficient nuance to undermine any negative stereotype'. This seems to be the strategy being followed by most game companies in their products. It is helpful and a good idea, but it is always in danger of falling short in the eyes of someone. So there is always going to have to be a set of issues around who will tolerate what and where to draw lines. It won't ever go away. [/QUOTE]

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