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"World of Warcraft" official website race introduction controversy netizens accused racial bias

Recently, the official website of World of Warcraft has updated the optional race introduction page, but some of the introduction content of the page has aroused the anger of players, accused of strange wording and outright racism.

"World of Warcraft" official website race introduction controversy netizens accused racial bias

According to Gamerant, the Forgotten Ones page removes all of Sylvanas' descriptions and lists the Dark City as the capital; on the Orc page, although Sal and his representation in parliament are mentioned, the description of leadership is "pending"; and the goblins are described as destructive arrogance in a vain attempt to rule the world, which netizens protest as making them look like villains.

"World of Warcraft" official website race introduction controversy netizens accused racial bias
"World of Warcraft" official website race introduction controversy netizens accused racial bias

Gamerant said that while the inconsistencies and omissions that have arisen are puzzling to players, players say that the use of racist stereotypes is the most unacceptable, and in the previous book "Exploring Azeroth: Kalim", the tribe was described as a group of abandoned and weak people, which seemed to allude to the backward areas in reality. Intentionally or unintentionally, these racist stereotypes are as acceptable as they were when World of Warcraft was still in development twenty years ago.

"World of Warcraft" official website race introduction controversy netizens accused racial bias

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