An additional note about Dragonage: Origins:
I downloaded the character creator, after perusing the wiki, to double check on the possibility of creating a Character/Avatar of Colour.
1. There is no possibility of creating a character of colour in DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS.
2. There is the possibility of creating an extremely sunburned white person.
3. With diagonally degree turned, yellow face, chinky eyes because epicanthic folds are just TOO hard.
And then there are the Qunari. Someone needs to let me know if I'm the only one thinking - Golden skinned, religious fanatics who get their enlightenment from something called the ‘qun’" {I. shit. you. not.}, who are technologically advanced and were one half of a religious war, and were resented for their strict protocols, might just happen to echo a currently maligned religious group.
Here, let me give you a hint:
They divided children from their families and sent adults to ‘learning camps’ for indoctrination in their religious philosophies...Those who resisted were slain, instantly and without mercy. Many who obeyed their new masters, however, claim that they were treated well and even given a large amount of trust provided they followed the strict qunari codes of conduct and laws.
Now, what current religously allied group of individuals are viewed by Eurocentric/White Westernized Culture in similar terms. Hmmm. Who could it be. M? M? It's on the tip of my tongue.
Meanwhile I just [sarcasm]love[/sarcasm] how corn-rows have been re-appropriated for white tribal types. Y'know despite the fact that if you see someone white in corn rows these days, one doesn't think CELT, one thinks BLACK CULTURE & HIP HOP.
ETA: Update here
