My Randomality

thearkhproject:

I want to be very clear about this.

• There are cis straight white people in #Arkh. There are at least two couples that can be deemed as straight, and 3 characters that can be deemed as cis. Two characters are white, two are mixed black/white. Then there are six characters who can be deemed non-white, two couples that can be deemed as queer, and five characters who can be deemed as trans*.
• Cis straight white people can volunteer, they can support, they can spread the word…I don’t know where ANYONE got that they are not allowed to do any of this.
• However, Arkh solely wants to use the money raised to benefit the communities that are excluded from gaming. That is queer people and PoC, and especially queer PoC. It is very hard for queer PoC to stick with a company, they’re often tortured until they quit. There are actual articles on this purposeful exclusion. In addition, PoC communities are often very low on money, and unlike the white queer community, the PoC queer community is even poorer. We want to put money into that community, and this is a great way to do it.

thearkhproject:

So what #Arkh has decided to explore for each level is a specific cultural story about either:

• Romantic Love
• Close, devoted friendship
• Close familial relationships

Please send us notes and fanmail with the name of story, the culture it’s from, and a short synopsis of the story. You NEED to have a lot of information about the story, and preferably it’s a bit of a long, detailed story with numerous different versions and lots of background information on the main characters involved. Please only give us stories from a culture you are a part of, and do not give us stories if they are disrespectful for us to use.

We need stories that have a lot of information, because this will go into quests for each level of Arkh. We are looking for stories from the following general areas/races/cultures, and we are not picky about which culture within that area, as long as there is a lot of information on it:

• South Asian
• Indigenous (from any continent, PLEASE specify)
• East African
• East Asian
• West African
• West Indian
• West Asian
• South East Asian
• Middle Eastern
• Walking People/Rroma/Romani/Pavee

We’re doubly interested if any of these stories are mass celebrated with festivals/festivities of any kind!

Thanks so much to everyone for their continued support!