Representation in Gaming
Hello everyone! So about a week ago, I showed our company's mission statement, and I thought maybe I should help give you an idea of what we're talking about when it comes to representation. It's the difference between tokenism and actual representation . There are many companies that practice tokenism (not naming names). They hire one or two people who fit into neat little boxes and go 'See how we're all inclusive here' and then more or less shut up about it. Or they'll go 'hey, we're going to make one minor person in this game different, that counts, right?' Of course it doesn't count. What are you giving to the community? What are you letting them give to the community? And this is what we mean when we're talking about wanting representation. It's a lot more than saying 'hey, we hired this black guy or this woman or this non-binary person'. It's a lot more than saying 'by the way, we dropped an NPC into a...