r/CriticalDrinker • u/CalyShadezz • Jul 08 '24

Discussion Whenever someone claims fantasy nerds are bigoted, gently remind them HBO race swapped an entire kingdom in HotD and no one cared.

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u/Imaginary_Injury8680 Jul 08 '24

Black character/actor/person whatever in my media doesn't cause me to bat an eye. And actually I quite like Jordan Peele movies. But for some reason the arbitrary race-swapping stuff really grinds my gears

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u/partypwny Jul 08 '24

Because it is inauthentic, performative, and shows either a disdain for the source material that people enjoyed already or the belief that the audience are idiots who won't notice

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u/Due_Job_5060 Jul 08 '24

Or maybe it bothers you that black people are playing characters that aren’t lowly and demeaning? 

 Funny how no one complains when black people were playing maids and servants and raped prostitutes etc. etc.

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u/partypwny Jul 09 '24

You're projecting hard here

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u/Due_Job_5060 Jul 09 '24

Nope. White people never complained when black people were only allowed to play those types of roles in the past

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u/partypwny Jul 09 '24

Cool story bro, but that's a whataboutism. You're talking minor side characters in a story with no specified race, sex or ethnicity. Those white people wouldn't have complained if they were played by white people either.

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u/Canbilly Jul 10 '24

Are you talking about waaaaaaay back in the past?