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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5923391" data-attributes="member: 18182">Yeah, right.  Maybe it shouldn't, but it is.  You can't honestly tell me that black people playing D&D and being uncomfortable with the story of the drow is just a made up issue.  Or that Native American players (and other folks from hunter/gatherer cultural traditions) being uncomfortable with the typical D&D portrayal of savage cultures (orcs, gnolls, even human barbarians, etc) is them being over-sensitive.Racism clearly exists in myth, in fantasy literature, and unsurprisingly in D&D lore.  Because all of that stuff was written by humans, and humans are racist.  Or better yet, humans are tribal.  I'm about a liberal as a person can be, have many friends of different races and cultures, but even I have racist tendencies that I acquired growing up.  Denying it is foolish, acknowledging it and trying to change is admirable.The racism in D&D is more subtle than some yahoo yelling out racial epithets or discriminating against gamers of color, and most of us WASPy gamers aren't always aware of it unless it's pointed out (and sometimes, not even then).  I don't think we should be beating ourselves up over the issue, both as gamers and the many game designers over the years, as this sort of subtle racism is actually pretty common across the board.  But being aware of it, acknowledging it, and working towards changing it are noble and good endeavors.But it's there.</blockquote>

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