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Rolling the dice on race in Dungeons & Dragons

Rolling the dice on race in Dungeons & Dragons

FromCode Switch


Rolling the dice on race in Dungeons & Dragons

FromCode Switch

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dungeons & Dragons is one of the most popular tabletop role-playing games of all time. But it has also helped cement some ideas about how we create and define race in fantasy — and in the tangible world. This week we revisit a deep dive into that game. What we find about racial stereotypes and colonialist supremacy is illuminating.
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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