# D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer)) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** rpg-dnd-wargames\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114 "2021-02-17T10:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 908
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> [@DocCathode](#): > > The word “race” will be replaced by “species”. Good. > [@DocCathode](#): > > I feel they could have found a better replacement Possibly. But don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. And note that you’re applying scientific concepts of evolution to groups that can include machines, sentient rocks and beings made of planar energy. That doesn’t strike you as somewhat … _extra_? > [@DocCathode](#): > > I’ve heard a lot of fans agreeing that Folk would be a better term Sounds too quaint to my ears, but that’s a minor quibble. “Kind” works too, but also too biblical. “Lineage” and “heritage” and “stock” are also alternatives used by other games. They all share some of the baggage of “race”, though. The actual article linked to _already_ used what I consider the best alternative, though: “people”. “Playable peoples”, it said, but the “playable” isn’t needed. And it has a nice Tolkienesque flavour: _Learn now the lore of Living Creatures!_ _First name the four, the free peoples:_ > [@Chronos](#): > > literally dehumanizing They’re _literally_ not humans. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114)._