Cultural Appropriation and Gaming
Posted in Discussions, Non-Actual Play, Round Table, RPG Only on June 25th, 2013 by AllegraKevin sat down with Megan and Todd from the JankCast, Clyde Rhoer and Victor Raymond to talk about cultural appropriation and its impact on gaming. What is it, why is it wrong, and how can we approach these topics? This discussion touches on a lot of sensitive issues (including sexism and classism as well) and gets quite heated.
Relevant Links
- The Jank Cast
- Theory from the Closet
- Geeky Genki
- definition of cultural appropriation
- Deadlands
- Charles De Lint
- ICONS
- Wheaton’s Law
- Essentialism
- How We Came to Live Here
- Dog Eat Dog
- Hell for Leather
- Tone Argument
- SG1
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe
- White Passing
- Colonialism
- White Knighting
- Wuxia
- Blacksploitation
- Jive Turkey
- Little Fears
- Noble Savage
- Magic Negro
- “Nonpology“
Trigger Warning:
Racial and gendered slurs used as examples of oppression.
Crunchy Bits!
- Intro and Outro music by
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