Re: Dungeons & Dragons Has To Solve Its Controversial Drow Problem Before A Legend Of Drizzt TV Show Can Be Made

On Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:43:21 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> 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

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