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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9101072" data-attributes="member: 18182">I'm not familiar with the Slaine roleplaying game, but . . . .Broadly, a character trying to disguises themselves as another race, ethnicity, or culture isn't necessarily problematic in itself . . . it depends on HOW it's done. Fantasy and sci-fi fiction is full of this sort of thing, characters disguising themselves as others cultures or species, and it can be done well.&quot;Blackface&quot; is highly offensive in US culture as it comes from a history of white entertainers dressing themselves as caricatures of African peoples, with the explicit intent of mocking and degrading them for laughs. These entertainers weren't &quot;disguising&quot; themselves as Africans, they looked nothing like actual African peoples. It was so awful, that lots of folks in the US are triggered by any darkening of the skin using make-up, regardless of the intent or style of doing so.So . . . if your player is trying to lean in to racist stereotypes, purposefully or incidentally, then I would lock that down. But as long as they strive to be respectful . . . as a player . . . it should be fine. It certainly can be tricky to navigate, and not everyone draws the line in the same place. Having an open discussion with your players, all of them, about the issue is a good idea to make sure y'all are on the same page and no one is going to get upset.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9101072, member: 18182"] I'm not familiar with the Slaine roleplaying game, but . . . . Broadly, a character trying to disguises themselves as another race, ethnicity, or culture isn't necessarily problematic in itself . . . it depends on HOW it's done. Fantasy and sci-fi fiction is full of this sort of thing, characters disguising themselves as others cultures or species, and it can be done well. "Blackface" is highly offensive in US culture as it comes from a history of white entertainers dressing themselves as caricatures of African peoples, with the explicit intent of mocking and degrading them for laughs. These entertainers weren't "disguising" themselves as Africans, they looked nothing like actual African peoples. It was so awful, that lots of folks in the US are triggered by any darkening of the skin using make-up, regardless of the intent or style of doing so. So . . . if your player is trying to lean in to racist stereotypes, purposefully or incidentally, then I would lock that down. But as long as they strive to be respectful . . . as a player . . . it should be fine. It certainly can be tricky to navigate, and not everyone draws the line in the same place. Having an open discussion with your players, all of them, about the issue is a good idea to make sure y'all are on the same page and no one is going to get upset. [/QUOTE]

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