## 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 ...
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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...
Looks like I due for another round at rpg.net: ****************ME:************** Where have I argued? I merely warned the poster that he is not allowed to...
What I mean is, in recent discussions of fantasy and fantasy cultures the posters here, me included, have lauded the idea of handling non-Anglo cultures with...
Arcady, Once again I am stunned by your eloquence in articulating these issues. I think we are on the same page essentially, I just am a slow reader so to ...
* Copied to world-design ( http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/world-design/ ). I don't think its the detail so much as what is detailed that is key. Some...
... I don't know if the issue so much is memory needing threes. I think the issue is the binary nature of human consciousness. We tend to default to ...
... Western ... to be ... A "Chinaman." A ... out of ... genre from ... Now, that WOULD be interesting. And one of the things I find interesting about it is...
... Western ... to be ... A "Chinaman." A ... out of ... genre from ... Now, that WOULD be interesting. And one of the things I find interesting about it is...
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