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there& #39;s a few takes about racism in fantasy and let
let me tell you there was a time a dm refused to let me have a brown skinned elf of any degree because & #39;that made them drow and therefore hated because the rules say so& #39;.
i& #39;ve had very long talks with my roommates about it
let me tell you there was a time a dm refused to let me have a brown skinned elf of any degree because & #39;that made them drow and therefore hated because the rules say so& #39;.
i& #39;ve had very long talks with my roommates about it
that i literally HATED elves and the culture around fantasy elves because & #39;they have to be white, and therefore they& #39;re ethereal and beautiful, and there are no fat/brown/black elves that are good so play something else& #39;.
racism has been so heavily rooted in a majority of
racism has been so heavily rooted in a majority of
high fantasy that i studied, which is why i always turned to low fantasy, urban fantasy, because at least then i could be a character who had my skin colour and WASNT hated. racism in fantasy is there, it& #39;s been there for decades, subtle or not.
it needs to change.
it needs to change.
mind you it& #39;s not JUST about skin colour. it goes in so much deeper, it ties into so many stereotypes that dissuaded people out of it. i& #39;m not the Best person to talk about it, but know as someone who is a VISIBLE minority, the racism and stereotypes fed into fantasy deterred me.
