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ALT Yesterday, a conversation around big news in the TTRPG space was started and had in the "ttrpg chat" around a big company & diversity. Mainly around the same criticisms of the company being headed by an all white cast & crew with dismissive tones. When I corrected that a key member in the company was mixed race & how calling a mixed race or biracial person white by default is incredibly hurtful. As a white passing biracial Black person this is something i experience & have had to combat all my life and I was speaking from my own personal experiences. The co-founder of Diversity Saves responded with: • "oh I didn't know" • a comment about how as an all white majority the company needs to do better • "I'd never refer to a person of color - mixed or otherwise - as white" • finally the comment of "that still doesn't excuse the piss poor excuse done with diversity, in my opinion" in what I read as a casual but disrespectful tone towards the company.
ALT I matched the tone in my direct reply to his last statement: • quoting the phrase of "piss poor job done with diversity" in bringing up the topic of Diversity Saves' the lack of diversity & safety when it comes to advocacy & platforming sex workers in the ttrpg space. • Saying if they're truly championing diversity they should start that internally. • Because that's my opinion when it comes to my time with Diversity Saves since I had to be the one to introduce & lead the conversation around whorephobia & sex work in the Session 0 for a DS stream when I was simply a player with them for the first time. That last situation is one I have to undertake consistently as someone who is often the only sex worker at most of the tables I join. But giving that bit of education that I will undertake every single time if it means I can try to show that sex workers do belong in this hobby space. I'm usually understanding and patient with channels & GMs because if I don't do the work it's likely-
ALT Yesterday, a conversation around big news in the TTRPG space was started and had in the "ttrpg chat" around a big company & diversity. Mainly around the same criticisms of the company being headed by an all white cast & crew with dismissive tones. When I corrected that a key member in the company was mixed race & how calling a mixed race or biracial person white by default is incredibly hurtful. As a white passing biracial Black person this is something i experience & have had to combat all my life and I was speaking from my own personal experiences. The co-founder of Diversity Saves responded with: • "oh I didn't know" • a comment about how as an all white majority the company needs to do better • "I'd never refer to a person of color - mixed or otherwise - as white" • finally the comment of "that still doesn't excuse the piss poor excuse done with diversity, in my opinion" in what I read as a casual but disrespectful tone towards the company.
ALT I matched the tone in my direct reply to his last statement: • quoting the phrase of "piss poor job done with diversity" in bringing up the topic of Diversity Saves' the lack of diversity & safety when it comes to advocacy & platforming sex workers in the ttrpg space. • Saying if they're truly championing diversity they should start that internally. • Because that's my opinion when it comes to my time with Diversity Saves since I had to be the one to introduce & lead the conversation around whorephobia & sex work in the Session 0 for a DS stream when I was simply a player with them for the first time. That last situation is one I have to undertake consistently as someone who is often the only sex worker at most of the tables I join. But giving that bit of education that I will undertake every single time if it means I can try to show that sex workers do belong in this hobby space. I'm usually understanding and patient with channels & GMs because if I don't do the work it's likely-
