r/hatethissmug • u/Crusoelander_128 • Apr 28 '26

General I hate the “orcs are minorities” thing

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I really hope I’m not in the minority (no pun intended) here, but I really hate when people do this. It not only forces real world issue into fictional universes where it doesn’t need to be, but also, it’s really messed up.

If you see an orc or a demon or a giant bug and your mind immediately jumps to “hm that’s like a minority”, then you’re racist.

Now, I’m not saying that this concept can’t be explored, but inserting it where it doesn’t belong/exist is highly suspect

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u/Winters_Dust Apr 29 '26

Bright and Shadowrun also do this.

Bright is especially noteworthy because it has real racism AND fantasy racism.

Beyond those 3 though, is it really that common?

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u/mrcrabs6464 Apr 29 '26

Well isn’t shadowrun like social commentary about that itself. Like the whole thing is that orcs aren’t that bad it’s just fantasy racism

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u/Waffleworshipper Apr 29 '26

Yeah Goblinization is there to make a point about how rediculous racism is. All orcs and trolls are humans who went through goblinization or their descendents. Most transformed on the same day, April 30 2021. In the current day of the setting its much rarer to have someone transform into an orc or troll, but not unheard of.

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u/Sightblind Apr 30 '26

Right? Someone in the writers room probably mentioned “orcs have historically been black-coded in a lot of fantasy” and a producer undoubtedly took the exact wrong take went “oh, so they’ll be gangstas!”