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Q&A Avoiding racist tropes in fantasy

a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him, dangerous and deceitful Given the negative stereotype that a certain race tends to comm...

posted 3y ago by desbest‭  ·  edited 3y ago by desbest‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar desbest‭ · 2021-10-22T19:32:12Z (about 3 years ago)
  • > a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him,
  • > dangerous and deceitful
  • Given the negative stereotype that a certain race tends to commit the majority of crime, if your story is going to contain, mention or allude to any crime, the only safe way to not be accused of enforcing or perpetuating a negative racial stereotype, is to remove race entirely from your story. Even role reversal wouldn't work so you couldn't just flip the races round.
  • > a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him,
  • > dangerous and deceitful
  • Given the negative stereotype that a certain race tends to commit the majority of crime, if your story is going to contain, mention or allude to any crime, the only safe way to not be accused of enforcing or perpetuating a negative racial stereotype, is to remove race entirely from your story or have everyone be the same race. Even role reversal wouldn't work so you couldn't just flip the races round.
#2: Post edited by user avatar desbest‭ · 2021-10-22T17:36:22Z (about 3 years ago)
  • > a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him,
  • > dangerous and deceitful
  • Given the stereotype that a certain race tends to commit the majority of crime, if your story is going to contain, mention or allude to any crime, the only safe way to not be accused of enforcing or perpeptuating a negative racial stereotype, is to remove race entirely from your story. Even role reversal wouldn't work so you couldn't just flip the races round.
  • > a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him,
  • > dangerous and deceitful
  • Given the negative stereotype that a certain race tends to commit the majority of crime, if your story is going to contain, mention or allude to any crime, the only safe way to not be accused of enforcing or perpetuating a negative racial stereotype, is to remove race entirely from your story. Even role reversal wouldn't work so you couldn't just flip the races round.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar desbest‭ · 2021-10-22T17:36:03Z (about 3 years ago)
 > a witch delivering a prophecy to a king about a dangerous and deceitful foe who will overthrow him,

> dangerous and deceitful

Given the stereotype that a certain race tends to commit the majority of crime, if your story is going to contain, mention or allude to any crime, the only safe way to not be accused of enforcing or perpeptuating a negative racial stereotype, is to remove race entirely from your story. Even role reversal wouldn't work so you couldn't just flip the races round.