Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-35525658-20180718002000/@comment-35525658-20180804133059

Yeah part of me thinks it is the 21st century so people need to stop it with the making assumptions and making decisions based on skin color but unfortunately for some folks that kind of behavior is too deeply ingrained into their thinking process for them to be able to do anything else. What is even more frustrating is the fact that most people who are prone to those types of thinking patterns are not even aware they are thinking in those terms on a conscious level at all.

As a person of color nothing makes me want to throw-up more than when someone gets called out for racist types of behaviors or statements and the first thing they say in their defense is that they have a Black or (insert whatever race of color here) friend so it is not possible for them to be a racist because generally speaking to only have one specific type of something (that is getting categorized within a larger group of things) means that its sole purpose for being included at all is because it is a novelty. Unless we are talking about appliances or something people only have one of (like toothbrushes lol).

I think the main problem with all this is that more people just need to be honest and stop pretending things are true when we all know they are not because that tends to lead to having to pretend things are false that are not as well. If someone wants to be racist they should be honest about it, if someone doesn't then they should be honest about that too because all the pretending things are something other than what they are is leading to more pain and confusion than there necessarily has to be for a civilized society to be able to maintain balance and order.

Now getting back to the game if you, I or anyone else wanted to see more characters of color then we could have chosen to spend our free time playing a game that already features more characters of color (and not this one) so I'm happy with whatever strides that are made to diversify the game a little more and content with the avatars that are getting created. Would I like to see more POC Avs created? Yes, I would but do I always get what I want? Hells to the no🤨 Plus with the FB link up option that allows us to wear our FB profile pics as an as Av. I can represent myself within the game in any way that I chose as long as it's not obscene or otherwise offensive so I'm content with that too.

And Amy helped me move my game from my laptop to my tablet without any issues so she's awesome as far as I'm concerned ATM😀