(08-03-2015, 03:54 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Well, I think bigotry and oppression doesn't have to have outright lynchings to exist. Â It can just be the systematic oppression of a group. Â Refusing them jobs, passing them over for promotions within your organization, etc.
Absolutely. I make no judgments on whether or not systemic racism can exist independent of racism expressed as acts of individual violence.
But playing systemic racism is difficult when you're playing only one character. You can certainly make a character unthinkingly racist because of systemic influences, but this operates in the manner it does in real life, as a largely-invisible, easily-denied motivation. It sounds like many of the posters here would prefer to openly and overtly express in-character racism. And when it comes to that, this tends to get performed as rude remarks and minor inconveniences.
So is there only systemic racism in Eorzea, or are there also expressions of racial violence? If there are, why don't they get played, especially given the body of evidence suggesting that the setting can be that violent?
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