[jeegsy]

> Is it the "monkey" part and because some racist rednecks call black people monkeys?

Ding! You hit the nail on the head! To be succinct, if you hear monkey and think black people, then you are a racist regardless of any good intentions you may or may not have.

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But why are we letting those people control our games? That's what's insane to me in this whole discussion.

It reminds me of the ok hand emoji kerfuffle; where it was briefly racist/taboo to use it.

I think it's total madness to let people I disagree with influence my fantasy world games. Why give them that power? Maybe I don't get it because I'm not American and this is a cultural issue specific to the US (and the majority of people here, I assume, are American).