(05-21-2017, 10:56 AM)Valic Wrote: So I've seen a couple ideas like this thrown around from time to time and I was curious how they go about it. Like do we have any NPC's that make racist remarks based on you being miqo'te or something? Also are there any particular remarks or stereotypes people use? I'm a lil uncomfortable asking this personally but I got curious one day what people could think of that is considered offensive towards an au ra, a roe, or miqo'te etc.
There's a lot of racism thrown around in the game, yes. Mostly because the five Eorzean races have been going at it back and forth throughout history and have only relatively recently truly been forced to work and live together peacefully. Even along some clan lines there is division. Duskwights, for example, face extreme prejudice in Gridania and are referred to by the derogatory term "Greys" while they, in turn, refer to Wildwood as "Greens." Keepers of the Moon also face some discrimination, though not to the extent of the Duskwight. It's not uncommon to hear people refer to Highlanders having Roegadyn as parents, which the Highlanders find highly insulting. Miqo'te in general do not like being referred to as cats or having any cat ancestry. Lalafellin discrimination is more or less fanon. The actual lore says that Lalafell face very little persecution and instances of it are few and far between. Au Ra, being new to Eorzea, also face very little persecution, though Eorzean races don't really know what to make of them. The only real instance is in Ishgard where the Au Ra were initially slaughtered outright because the Ishgardians thought they were kin to dragons, though that's now been disproven.
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(05-21-2017, 12:20 PM)Valic Wrote: Strange, idk where I read it but I swear I saw something about how races can have at it but they won't actually produce a baby in the end
All of the races can mate and produce children with each other. However, interracial relationships are highly taboo in Eorzea and mixed children face more discrimination than even their parents. There's several instances of interracial and interclan children in the lore, and how they get treated. If you're curious you can find info on that in this post.
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(05-21-2017, 11:59 AM)Lohba Tia Wrote: Ala Mhigans get flak because they showed up on Ul'dah's doorstep 20 years ago demanding homes and jobs, and then a lot of them turned to crime when they found out that jobs don't appear out of thin air. They put a lot of strain on Ul'dah's economy and cause a lot of violence as bandits.
It's a bit more complicated than that. Ala Mhigan refugees initially showed up in Gridania and Coerthas, and both cities closed their gates to them altogether. When they came to Ul'dah, they were told they could stay, but they were denied citizenship, employment, and provisions. The only work that was initially offered them was sex work. Ul'dah's unemployment problem was then exacerbated tenfold with the coming of the Adventurer movement, which began putting many commonfolk out of business across the city-states.
Many Ala Mhigans began setting up settlements in the sultanate lands or moving into run down places like Silver Bazaar. Because no one wanted them there because Ul'dahns viewed them as worthless because they had no money, many merchants and consortiums attempted to bulldoze the areas they had set up camp to make room for mansions and plantations for Ul'dah's most wealthy. You can read more about Ul'dah's treatment of the Ala Mhigans here.
