Threads that cannot avoid bringing real-life racism into discussions about a fantasy game usually end up being locked. This is a gaming forum, and we do not want it giving room to real-life political arguments.
Step carefully.
Real life and fictional works have always been heavily intertwined. There is a large body of work that exists on such issues.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/blackcamera.10.1.12 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2005rgq https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/blackcamera.10.1.11 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5250/fronjwomestud.39.1.0112 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv193rr0q If Larian is taking a stance that they are refusing to allow discussion of racism as it applies to their game, they're asking for a PR nightmare that I imagine would culminate in their rights to even making this game being pulled as Wizards of the Coast has worked hard to remove racism and other forms of oppression from Dungeons and Dragons itself and is likely covered under some sort of morality clause. Is Larian deciding to go down that wormhole?
