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Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 Send a noteboard - 09/01/2016 11:13:22 PM

View original postHomophobia, and to a degree racism, is rooted in religion, especially in religions like Christianity and Islam. These don't exist in Randland and no one ever said 'guys can't be together' in some tome from the AOL, so homophobia never started.

I suppose I'll have to accept that this is the reason, but I don't think it's that simple. Marriage in the series is definitely an institutional arrangement with the aim of passing on inheritance in the families, just more matriarchal than it would've been in our world historically. With that in mind, I would assume that same-sex relationships would be frowned on. And in the same way, the religious ban surely originates from biology (among other things, I'm sure) and not some peculiar whim of God.
View original postDiscrimination always has a chronological but usually senseless origin. Rand has encountered 'racism' for looking like an Aielman because of his red hair. That came from the war with the Aiel as well as the general 'barbarism' witnessed by people when they met the Aiel.

As it is, the Tinkers are the most consistently discriminated group. But if something as boring as red hair can evoke feelings of otherness and prejudice, I would imagine that a different skin colour would do that, too. Maybe RJ could have thrown in a nasty comment from some Tairen merchant who's angry at the Sea Folk for some bargain. Not that I mind the lack of racism.
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Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 08:07:06 PM 1280 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? Sidious - 09/01/2016 10:21:16 PM 1433 Views
Agreed darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 11:07:13 PM 1039 Views
Re: Agreed kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 11:24:50 PM 1086 Views
Exactly darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 11:42:14 PM 1032 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 09/01/2016 11:13:22 PM 947 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? darius_sedai - 09/01/2016 11:33:54 PM 1251 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 10/01/2016 12:12:01 AM 1200 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? darius_sedai - 10/01/2016 09:23:46 PM 1052 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? kHz1000 - 10/01/2016 10:25:12 PM 1067 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? darius_sedai - 11/01/2016 06:11:37 PM 1159 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? Sidious - 11/01/2016 06:04:00 AM 1404 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? Sidious - 10/01/2016 02:25:21 PM 1741 Views
What Logain quote are you referencing? *NM* darius_sedai - 11/01/2016 06:07:57 PM 597 Views
Logain stated that Rand is stronger than him because he makes larger Gateways *NM* kHz1000 - 11/01/2016 06:24:34 PM 595 Views
Oh I thought he was referencing a homophobic comment! *NM* darius_sedai - 11/01/2016 06:43:48 PM 639 Views
Re: Where's the racism and homophobia in WOT? DomA - 16/01/2016 02:44:01 AM 1511 Views
That is a big logical leap, and dodges rather than answering the question Joel - 08/02/2016 11:52:11 AM 1231 Views
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Jordans world lacks a God or religions? Joel - 13/02/2016 04:57:10 PM 1284 Views
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Just because Randland is Deist does not make it deity-free. Joel - 14/02/2016 01:59:58 PM 1302 Views
It is better to say there is no organized religion fionwe1987 - 14/02/2016 10:12:35 PM 1119 Views
That sounds about right Joel - 15/02/2016 11:21:42 AM 1097 Views
Perhaps, but perhaps not darius_sedai - 16/02/2016 01:26:46 AM 1077 Views
A non-deity Creator is a distinction without a difference Joel - 16/02/2016 03:52:24 AM 1286 Views
I don't think I'm making my point clear darius_sedai - 17/02/2016 02:36:51 AM 972 Views
Sorry Darius, but there's a lot of mistakes there... fionwe1987 - 20/02/2016 06:18:16 AM 1088 Views
No. I'm questioning what constitues being a Diety. Existence and the act of creation do not IMO darius_sedai - 21/02/2016 10:05:12 PM 984 Views
Re: No. I'm questioning what constitues being a Diety. Existence and the act of creation do not IMO Dunstan - 07/03/2016 05:17:04 AM 1063 Views
Re: That is a big logical leap, and dodges rather than answering the question Sidious - 14/02/2016 09:31:21 AM 1404 Views
Not disputing any of that Joel - 15/02/2016 11:52:45 AM 1080 Views
How did Narg learn the common tongue? Is he just smart? *NM* Narg - 11/01/2016 11:30:49 PM 550 Views
He was one of the smarter Trollocs, yeah kHz1000 - 11/01/2016 11:45:54 PM 1090 Views
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