It happens all the time and is frustrating. Too often I've seen: "Don't include racism in your RPGs. No POC wants to see that, we live it everyday." And I've subsequently run into many games run by white folk who auto X anything dealing with racism because they've been told to.

But *I* want to talk about racism. And homophobia. And Sexism. And all of that. Maybe not all the time, and not with people I don't trust for anything deeper than beer and pretzels. But these things are part of my experience and my history and I want to be able to talk about it.

Everytime I hear: No POC wants to read about racism I think: Toni Morrison? Everytime I hear: No woman wants to read about sexual assault I think: Margaret Atwood? No Queer person wants to read about homophobia? Quentin Crisp? There is power in being able to define my own story.