Do people of color play RPGs?

[Captain Obvious]

The second story is about the first gaming group I was in with an African American. The current group had been together for a few months, with certain members knowing each other longer than others. (names have been changed) Mike, the African American, knew one other person in the group, but only for about 6 months. The first few months we played we strictly gamed and nothing else was really discussed. The issue of race was never mentioned by anyone.
Everyone would frequently bring snacks along for the entire group, so bags of pretzels, chips and such were common. One evening, someone came with a box of Ritz crackers that were then being passed around. Mike turned to another player, Ben and offered the box simply saying:
"Cracker"
To which been gave Mike a stern look and shot back "Nig***!"
Silence fell in the room for a second, followed by howling laughter from Ben and Mike, then by the rest of us. From then on, the group had a lot more open conversations about things other than gaming.

Damn! That could have gone really, really bad...

[Thehentaiwizard]

Well my group is all white guys as of now. I think it would be cool to have a more diverse group though. We do however, come from diffrent backrounds. I am Part Italian for example. A lot of us are diffrent though , a member of our group if you saw him, you would think he is a jock.

[Remjin]

Well, I think its been well-established that diversity is quite prevalent where mixed gender not as much. =)

My current group consists of one latino (sorry man, can't remember exact country), 4 caucasian males of which one is gay, one white female, and and a korean fellow (myself). Hasn't been an issue, don't think it ever will be, cuz in the end... we're just all in the brotherhood of the geek. =)

[input.jack]

in the end... we're just all in the brotherhood of the geek. =)

That should be on banners, man!

[teh bunneh]

Everyone in my gaming group is a person of color.

White is a color, right?

Bill.
(Though we do have about a 50-50 mix of men and women gamers)...

[Karmakaze]

White is a color, right?

I'm not so much white as a pale pinkish tan...

The game I run has two white females (counting me as the GM), one black male and two white males.

[Captain Obvious]

I'm not so much white as a pale pinkish tan...

My son always tells us there's no such thing as white people and black people.

[Kirby]

White is a color, right?

No. Black and white aren't colors. Ask your local art teacher. (The best I can explain it is that they're waxes when it comes to crayons.)

[Curufea]

They are shades, not colours.
Adding white or black to a colour lightens or darkens it -changing its shade.

[Markdoc]

Most of the people in my regular group are Maori. I have to be careful not to oppress them too much.

And if Raymond is still in your group the temptation must be all but irresistable

cheers, Mark

[lapsedgamer]

Damn! That could have gone really, really bad...

Yeah, that guy had much more of a sense of humor than I would have.

[Sir Ofeelya]

And if Raymond is still in your group the temptation must be all but irresistable

cheers, Mark

It is, but since he has gone to Australia to slaughter sheep and grow fuel for grass fires, I have to settle on other chaps. BTW, he got rid of the afro a long time ago.

[Kal'El Wayne]

Well, I'm green, if that counts. A sort of Emerald shade if you really wanna know.

Most of my characters tend to be of indiscriminate race. Most notable is my character in a defunct campaign. The setting was medieval europe, but my character was a Japanese man possessed by a demon. To be fair, he had been sent to Europe by his Sensei to enter a martial arts tournament which was the main point of the plot. But then why did the GM run a martial arts tournament game in Germany? Mind you, my character being Japanese in Germany meant he had the distinctive features disadvantage, but my demon powers work a bit like the powers of Immortals from Highlander. So I got some healing and an XP boost from a cloud of electricity that appears whenever I kill other demons possessing people, and I killed a Demon at the start of the campaign, which meant that I had XP to spend on removing the disadvantage 'Distinctive Looks'. My GM said that, apparently, the lightning in the cloud scarred me just enough, and specifically enough, to make me look like Tom Cruise. Because I was a Samurai. Get it?

[steamteck]

Well, I think its been well-established that diversity is quite prevalent where mixed gender not as much. =)

hmmm. Ours is mixed gender but not race. My wife at least, ensures I'll always have one lady to game with.

[Remjin]

hmmm. Ours is mixed gender but not race. My wife at least, ensures I'll always have one lady to game with.

Wow, thread necromancy... I believe, back then, I was just saying its not as prevalent... but slowly changing, from what I gather. Both of my current groups have a female player with a majority of males. It hasn't been a problem, thus far, outside of the usual personality conflicts. Then again, I don't game with people who have huge social issues like that.