People hear “this _____ is racist,” and they [rightfully] cast it off. They want to be as far from it as possible, because racism is bad. And I’m not going to tell you that racism isn’t bad, but I am going to say that the first step to understanding and dismantling racism is accepting that we live in a racist society, which means that a lot of things we enjoy are going to be racist. It isn’t necessarily a reflection of our values to realize that something we love exists within our own blindspots and that because we are not the targeted demographic of -isms that it has an offensive stance towards, we did not notice its issues. It is okay to be ignorant. It is not okay to stay that way. “But, Jess,” you might say, “I thought this post was going to be about why Black people don’t LARP.” I’m getting there, and I feel like I need to brace a lot of white folx for what they’re about to hear about their beloved games; The answer is simpler than you think. Black people aren