RACESpace Apes? They must be caricatures of black people!

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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Since 1982 DnD has had a race called the Hadozee in its Spelljammer expansion. They’re a race a spacefaring apes with flying squirrel-like wings. Someone pointed to them and ree’d, Wizards of the Coast apologised for being racist.

Thing is, if you look at apes and think “Black people” you’re the racist!

Edit:Reddit thread, there’s a little pushback from some people questioning the OP’s insistence that it’s all racist.

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

OP is selling the racism as hard as possible, isn't he? You'd think he was getting paid for every upvote or something, the way he's pushing it.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s a classic exercise in being as uncharitable as possible in interpreting the intentions of the authors. If you are even slightly charitable in your interpretation, the racism vanishes in a puff of smoke.

[–]Enemycupcake 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's like how they got mad at Lord of the Rings for racism because the big goblins made them think of black people too

[–]LyingSpirit472 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And it also helps the overarching problem for all of these "this race is obviously [x]!" of "if someone always see one race of people in fictional evil, negatively portrayed people...hear me out, maybe...JUST MAYBE, YOU'RE the problem."