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Aug 22, 2023 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
I see a lot of folks are joining into the "fantasy racism" discourse. If this is your first time joining the conversation, I know it can feel pretty intimidating.
Folks have spoken about this for YEARS.
If you're looking for some curated reading, here is a short list.🧵 [0/17]
Disclaimer: This is obviously not exhaustive. This is meant to give you a starting point.
In addition, this concept is so complex and is tied so closely with a lot of peoples' (in-progress) trauma that you're not always going to find articles that agree with each other. [1/17]
May 20, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Since joining the D&D Official Discord (run by WOTC), I have been doing immense amounts of labour trying to help people understand/deconstruct racist tropes in the game.
I even made a public Discord thread called "Critical Deconstruction of Race in D&D".
Here's what happened:
For those who don't know, the D&D Official Discord (like most public spaces) has a huge problem with racism.
(And transphobia and queerphobia and sexism and all the other tools of oppression that serve wh1te supr*macy.)
