#AprilTTRPGMaker 4) My work is... complicated and simple at the same time. Mostly I strive to make sure that my kids will see someone like them represented when they play a game I had a hand in making. (1/?)
Too often, diversifying a property means adding white women or black men, but not black women. Or if black women are added, they're either the villains or the sassy BFF. (2/?)
I've told the tale of my first D&D game before. Made a character that looked like Storm because she was the only one in the book that looked anything like me. Dark skin, white hair, walks into the tavern and another PC slits my chars throat. And the GM let him.(3/?)
No one should have the only representation of themselves be instantly murderable. (I'll save the rant about orcs and other "evil races" for another day)
Long story short, I see my job as pushing the boundaries laid down by the old white dude geeks that came before me.(4/?)
It's why I make it a point to play black women characters in every game I play. It's why I make black women in positions of power when I run a game. It's why I write fiction centered on fully fleshed out black women when I can. And it's why I helped found @NewAgendaPubs (5/?)
If I can help someone like 12yo me or 16 yo me or 40 yo me see herself reflected positively, I've done my job. (6/6)

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