# D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))

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There _are_ other depictions of them. I would presume the “minstrel” represents a Hadozee Bard. There may be some cherrypicking going on regarding the artwork. The backstory of being a freed slave-race is the bigger issue to me.

[![](https://techraptor.net/sites/default/files/styles/herobanner_desktop/public/2022-09/D%26D%20Hadozee%20Race%20Original%20Artwork.jpg?itok=L9Tcy_Ex) ](https://techraptor.net/sites/default/files/styles/herobanner_desktop/public/2022-09/D%26D%20Hadozee%20Race%20Original%20Artwork.jpg?itok=L9Tcy_Ex)

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