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[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I didnt make it past the title and sub title

If your friend dislikes the term Latinx, sorry, they’re transphobic The anti-Latinx movement is dripping with hate.

[–]Drewski 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Read the article, it's only downhill from there.

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun - an hour ago Read the article, it's only downhill from there.

Haha. I feel dumber now XD

member of a local Dungeons & Dragons

four players (varying degrees of Afro-Latinx, with prominent but not complete west coast Black identification in one), and one GameMaster (queer as can be, but white

Many Afro-Latinx women grow up with internalized racism

embrace my badass Afro-Latinx identity.

Camilia was highly educated with a Master’s degree in Africana Studies

Her queer white face

problematic regarding PoC representation

focusing on realism in games is exactly the kind of racist dog whistling that Trump supporters use.

Dungeons & Dragons teaches that diversity is strength

Camilia delivered the final blow to our white “ally” by ending her speech with: “Oh, and you’re a fucking transphobe.”

We need and we deserve Afro-Latinx characters in Dungeons & Dragons. We need and we deserve Afro-Latinx characters in movies. We need and we deserve Afro-Latinx characters in video games. This is existential. Embracing and normalizing the term Latinx is a necessary step on the road to a future full of representation for all positive identities.