# I pit DrDeth

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1208 "2022-10-18T19:14:28Z")

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> [@D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](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/933114/803):
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> All the excitement about the Hadozee being racist as they are monkeys (and monkeys have been used by bigots as a racist thing in the past) and capering like Minstrels- I finally read the actual new WotC book where that illustration was from. Hadozee are descended from flying squirrels, not monkeys. They are rodents, not primates.

> [@D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](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/933114/803):
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> All the excitement about the Hadozee being racist as they are monkeys (and monkeys have been used by bigots as a racist thing in the past) and capering like Minstrels- I finally read the actual new WotC book where that illustration was from. Hadozee are descended from flying squirrels, not monkeys. They are rodents, not primates.

Holy shit you can’t make this stuff up

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