## Purpose: This group if for RPG gamers of color, primarily as it relates to the American experience and definition of race, and the issues we have as ...
RoleplayersOfColor@ya...
Feb 1, 2006 10:34 pm
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... It would be interesting to do an 'ad-mixture' test of a random sample of caucasians. You would probably find a lot of Mongolian as well by the way... ... ...
The etymology of a modern word is not important. What is important is that the 'N' word today is so universally repugnant that even in places where you are...
I posted this on the Story Games Test Community, but I think it is particularly relevant to things here. A while ago on the now-defunct RPG Theory forum on The...
... I worry about doing this to too much of a degree. I realize that the Al-Qadim setting for D&D has its faults and has been criticized by some on this list,...
Yeah, I hear you on the wariness part - me too to a large degree. Might have to give it another monotheist twist of some sort, but what I discribed below is...
## Purpose: This group if for RPG gamers of color, primarily as it relates to the American experience and definition of race, and the issues we have as ...
RoleplayersOfColor@ya...
Mar 1, 2006 10:06 pm
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Hmmm... It's almost easy for me to do this in the semi negative. In 'typical western fantasy' we see a variety of cultures and themes - for the 'pseudo anglo...
... Yeah, good point. You can hardly find any Finnish, German, Spanish, French, or other European fantasy influences -- despite a rich tapestry of ideas in ...
... That would probably be problematic for it's own reasons of still being based in stereotypes. Avoiding blunt stereotypes is hard... I recognize my 'order'...
When I get the chance I'll post a longer one but here's the short version of my comments: Mostly, Arcady, I hear you, especially as regards "colored people"...
Just for kicks, I did up an 'image' for the group homepage. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/roleplayersofcolor/ I've been trying to think of what would fit...
I've been thinking about this subject for a number of days now and I'm starting to see a counter to my own point. Part of fantasy is capturing the 'myth of...
I went into a game shop today on my way home and noticed a new Hero system product. "Asian Bestiary". Thankfully not "Oriental Bestiary". Some of the comments...
... That's been one of my struggles on this issue, and you have summarized a good criticism of your position (which, as you had stated it before, I couldn't...
... A good way to answer this one to the ignorant westerner is to start 'waxing poetic' about the 'great mystery of the sudden disappearance of the Romans. :) ...
... by all ... myths ... based in a ... around ... This is precisely what I am looking for. I don't want factually accurate non-European cultures with a bit...
... Oh, yeah, nothing is guaranteed to piss me off more than the alien technology myth. Because, you know, people in the past didn't have our many scientific...
Greetings all, First off, I really like the graphic as it is simple and in some very basic way captures for me the spirit of this group as I've seen it. ...
I have the same reaction to "great white hunter" that I do to "cowboy" genre. Both must, to stay true to genre, reinforce racist, sexist, and cultural...
... This is just such a good idea. I reposted in my blog (10by10room.forgreatjustice.net) and am basically going to repeat it wherever possible. It's just a...
This is slightly off topic, but connected to many comments I've made about the 'races' uses in fantasy. I'm a 3D artist, and I recently completed a piece on...
... Arcady, Nicely done! I like the rhetoric along the side and the image is striking and nicely juxtaposes fantasy and history. Same old story different...
... Presumptions of power and privilege are so ingrained that they get repeated in our imaginary worlds, often without question, and often in a light that...
I found a thread on RPGnet that has a topic that crops up ever so often. It seems that people always want to create an "Oriental" setting as though Asia was a...
Be careful here, the semi-official policy at rpg.net seems to be that Asians are not allowed to object to racist terms used about or against them. I was banned...
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