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Old 02-24-2022, 07:03 AM  
RazorSharpe
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Originally Posted by k0nr4d View Post
What about the new Vikings (which turned a white male king into a black female). They spent millions on sets, boats, etc to make it all seem authentic and then they make black vikings. They go to great lengths to make it realistic and then literally shoe-horn in black vikings just for the sake of appeasing some small group screaming diversity. There were no black vikings, period.

or black, gay Achilles in the BBC Troy series. Literally described in the book as having long flowing blonde hair.

Or shooting black Nazis in a recent Call of Duty game?

I understand the need for diversity in modern pieces - it's part of the world now - but black people were never a major part of medieval europe and I don't see what the point is in pretending otherwise.

Our parents, and our parents parents (possibly) complained about similar stuff when things were adapting for a newer generation. Like all living things, we adapt to our environment and the things around us.

A few years ago, when tubes were literally stealing money from everyone, the collective were shouting "adapt or die". It became a mantra. Why is it so difficult to adapt to a few gay or black elves?

I don't think it affected the story much replacing a white King with a black woman. If you're looking for era accuracy them maybe you need to watch documentaries instead of fictional shows.
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