Who do you play as?? (Race and Gender wise)
I'm really curious if it's just me. I'm a 23 year old Black female simmer. And I've been mostly making and playing families of color with focus on black males. For example, I'm currently playing with ...
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I'm mixed. My birth country, heritage country, the one I was raised in and current residing country are all different to one another. I'm treated like a tourist whichever I visit and am told I'm not enough. I'm constantly made to feel like I have racial impostor syndrome. So the way I choose sims is reflective of my experiences. I simply play with all colors.
Doesn't matter to me that I don't know the dominant language of people with russet, reddish-brown complexion, or what lifestyle someone of deep ochre with a tinge of bronze has. I'll never experience the sunlight sensitivity that comes to people with jewel undertones under a sandy appearance and a sprinkle of freckles. But in my utopian simworld, my sims are not going to chatise me for not knowing every culture in the world. If I'm lucky enough to meet someone who is kind enough to guide me that I've been representing them wrongly (maybe hairtype or smth), that would be awesome! Otherwise, sims is a safe place for me to appreciate beauty and flesh out my understanding of other PoCs in my own time.
@Simburian , as a PoC, I highly encourage you to explore and play with whatever color you want. People tend to forget that appreciating one another has to start with exposure and curiosity. Only then can we truly appreciate and understand, and with understanding comes love. The fact that you're conscious of misappropriation enough to take action is amazing. That action shouldn't be limiting yourself because of some who see the worst in every situation. Your sim, your world. :)
Doesn't matter to me that I don't know the dominant language of people with russet, reddish-brown complexion, or what lifestyle someone of deep ochre with a tinge of bronze has. I'll never experience the sunlight sensitivity that comes to people with jewel undertones under a sandy appearance and a sprinkle of freckles. But in my utopian simworld, my sims are not going to chatise me for not knowing every culture in the world. If I'm lucky enough to meet someone who is kind enough to guide me that I've been representing them wrongly (maybe hairtype or smth), that would be awesome! Otherwise, sims is a safe place for me to appreciate beauty and flesh out my understanding of other PoCs in my own time.
@Simburian , as a PoC, I highly encourage you to explore and play with whatever color you want. People tend to forget that appreciating one another has to start with exposure and curiosity. Only then can we truly appreciate and understand, and with understanding comes love. The fact that you're conscious of misappropriation enough to take action is amazing. That action shouldn't be limiting yourself because of some who see the worst in every situation. Your sim, your world. :)
