Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Dungeons & Dragons Has To Solve Its Controversial Drow Problem Before A Legend Of Drizzt TV Show Can Be Made Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:06:08 -0600 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <1ib1ljhsnpdcgbcau861fq6pi02hnf4qel@4ax.com> Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:06:10 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="29f2b71e8e3f839e9ab62f8749e1e2a5"; logging-data="1199394"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18l5fdMAfqrQCEcHCkInE6BX5risA5Q7Tk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:+0xjnb5GHsGtq/SmLZyv99UMo30= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 2505 On Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:43:21 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >Despite their black skin, the drow have never been representative of >black people. Other than their skin tone, Drow skin tone is *literally* black. As in Crayola black. The only objection I could respect is with the word "black." I would accept suggestions as to what you objectively call the actual color. This is a whole other can of worms where brown skin was associated with the words "dark" and "black" (and paler skin with "white") for political reasons. The denigration is calling a group of brown people pejorative names that don't make sense. "Black people" are not actually black, and are no more "colored" or "of color" than anyone else with a skin color. People need to find a sense of tolerance here. Tolerance means not looking for things to be offended at because it's pleasurable. If people are going to look around for these things, there's going to be a whole lot of unnecessary hand-wringing and pearl clutching. Everything will become bland in response, as 5.24 D&D already has. Call him "night" skinned (or something) and be done with it. Or, you know, maybe people just get over their intolerant sensitivities? Sensitive is fine. So sensitive as to not be able to tolerate dissonance and disagreement is offensive. -- Zag This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)