Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8312228" data-attributes="member: 58172">I did explain &quot;implied racism&quot;. Saying it is part of the D&amp;D legacy that transmitted from earlier editions. I dont think the original founders of D&amp;D intended it. But it did happen, because of particular oversights for encounters. It especially happened because the founders are transmitting content from earlier speculative fiction that was inherently racist. Some of these sources were even intentionally racist.Thus even in 5e, certain occasional terms and assumptions imply racism and need attention.I am not aware of 5e content that is overtly sexist, albeit making the only prominent matriarchal culture (Drow) Evil, seems like a lapse of judgment. Without examining too carefully, my general impression is, most leadership seems egalitarian, where a female leader seems as likely as a male leader.The infrequency of gay and trans leaders, of course, implies homophobia. But 5e seems to make an effort to be more inclusive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8312228, member: 58172"] I did explain "implied racism". Saying it is part of the D&D legacy that transmitted from earlier editions. I dont think the original founders of D&D intended it. But it did happen, because of particular oversights for encounters. It especially happened because the founders are transmitting content from earlier speculative fiction that was inherently racist. Some of these sources were even intentionally racist. Thus even in 5e, certain occasional terms and assumptions imply racism and need attention. I am not aware of 5e content that is overtly sexist, albeit making the only prominent matriarchal culture (Drow) Evil, seems like a lapse of judgment. Without examining too carefully, my general impression is, most leadership seems egalitarian, where a female leader seems as likely as a male leader. The infrequency of gay and trans leaders, of course, implies homophobia. But 5e seems to make an effort to be more inclusive. [/QUOTE]

Verification