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So like. I have thoughts about this in general. Im totally gonna derail this entire conversation but fuck it.

In case it isn’t clear im black lol. And yeah, I agree, a lot of people on hermitcraft and just in this space in general are white. BUT I have two main points.

A. Just because the server is mainly “white” doesn’t mean it isn’t diverse!!

B. Just because the server is mainly white doesn’t mean we should start adding people of color as diversity hires.

Oh before I continue I AM NOT HATING ON YOU OR ANYONE i agree with your opinion, it is starting to look like a pattern, and i know you TOTALLY BY ANY MEANS ARENT SAYING that he should be added BECAUSE HES a man of color lol, you expressed yourself very well! This just reminded me of opinions I have that I haven’t really talked about yet, lol.

So, point A. Yeah, skin color wise, most people on hermitcraft are white. BUT, I think in the past few… centuries? Certainly the past hundred years, there has been a lot of (for lack of a better term) “whitewashing” of white people. Hear me out: during the industrial revolution and beyond, (or before- im not a historian im not educated dont quote me etc) people were largely seperated by nationality. Irish versus German versus Polish versus Dutch- you get it. This, in some cases, defined your class, living situation, jobs. Recently (the past century but really even just the past few decades) we’ve become very black and white about race (haha get it). As in quite literally, you’re either black, or white, or brown, or whatever. This isn’t even MENTIONING asian or native or any of the others. So like, bringing it back to hermitcraft: we have people from almost every continent! We have people from diverse backgrounds, culturally, language wise, class wise, in terms of their previous jobs- hermitcraft, as a server, is SO DIVERSE!! Racially? Perhaps not. But it makes me frusterated when people jump straight to “its all white men!” When that completely bulldozes over all the other things that MAKE the server diverse- skin color? Sure, they’re white. But they’re from so many different parts of the world, different classes, different CULTURES-

And this might be controversial and Im realalllly not trying to pick a fight T-T These are just things I’ve noticed 🤗 But also like yes, there aren’t really any hermits from asian countries, nor impoverished or underserved countries (none that I can think of idk correct me if I’m wrong im not really up to date with the political state of the world) so I totally see where people are COMING from with all of this, of course! And I agree, having a few people of color on the server would be great… which leads me to my second point:

WE DONT NEED DIVERSITY HIRES!!! (Restating here: im totally not saying YOU, prev, were saying that he was a diversity hire- not at ALL because you specifically stated before and after you even mentioned race that you just like him because HES LITERALLY AWESOME and he WOULD work so well with hermitcraft, hes a builder, hes funny- etc. This is just me responding to other opinions ive seen!) This doesnt even really apply in the case of Jamal, because he works so well with hermitcraft’s whole thing, as I just said. But we DONT NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE SERVER just because they’re black/asian/trans/queer/hispanic/woman/underpriveleged/dei ET CETERA. If the hermits find someone who matches their vibe, who everyone wants on the server, they should bring them on REGARDLESS if its another white man, or black woman, or uses it/its pronouns and is a system. It shouldn’t matter. If the person fits with the server, the hermits should bring them on. If not? THEY SHOULDN’T. Its as simple as that!! Would it be cool, as a black kid who grew up watching MCYT, if some more of them looked like me? I mean… yeah, sure. But that really wasn’t a thought in 6, 8, 12, 14 year old me’s mind. I loved the people I watched because they were steady, hilarious, sane, rational people who were sources of comfort in my life. The fact that most of them were white didn’t really occur to me (because I didn’t care, to be fair) because they were from so many different places, places that felt so far away, places that showed so many diverse perspectives.

I think graecie (in her discussion on stream and on tumblr) unpacks the idea that managing bleed is on the audience really well! I also think it's a shame that, despite this, she's never used as a "good example" when talking about boundaries. So, I'm talking about her and why other people should too

moves her base

and heres her team of builders!