“I couldn’t shake the idea of a whole book written by Black and brown writers inspired by their own cultures, myths, and stories,” George said. “I pitched the idea of a book [filled with] lands and cultures inspired by their own lives, background, and history.”

Discussion of this article on other sites has been awful, so I’m interested to see if Beehaw has any thoughts.

this is obviously a good thing–but it’s only natural that people would get mad at the idea that it’s bad actually for tabletop gaming to incorporate mythological elements which aren’t strongly associated with europeans, lol. culture war brain is very real for a lot of fragile white men on the internet, and every act which promotes minority cultures or reflects the incredible diversity of the world gets read as white genocide in their minds.