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A Word: Dungeons, Dragons, and Diversity
Slate Culture
English - May 12, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsArts TV & Film culture interview comedy politics armchair expert books entrepreneurship interviews health news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The persistent stereotype that role-playing, tabletop game players are overwhelmingly white is rooted in race, housing, and history. The suburban homes where people could dedicate a surface to a sprawling, multiplayer board game used to be almost exclusively white. And the knights, wizards, and other fantastic creatures in these games were closely tied to European mythology. But a more diverse world of game playing is rising, with more people of color getting a seat at the creative table. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson discusses diversity in hobby games with Aaron Trammell, a professor of informatics at U.C. Irvine. He’s also the author of the new book The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race and Geek Culture.
Guest: Aaron Trammell, author of The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race and Geek Culture
Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola
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The persistent stereotype that role-playing, tabletop game players are overwhelmingly white is rooted in race, housing, and history. The suburban homes where people could dedicate a surface to a sprawling, multiplayer board game used to be almost exclusively white. And the knights, wizards, and other fantastic creatures in these games were closely tied to European mythology. But a more diverse world of game playing is rising, with more people of color getting a seat at the creative table. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson discusses diversity in hobby games with Aaron Trammell, a professor of informatics at U.C. Irvine. He’s also the author of the new book The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race and Geek Culture.
Guest: Aaron Trammell, author of The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race and Geek Culture
Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola
You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for $15 for your first three months.
Make an impact this Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund APIA Scholars. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices