#don't make a proud blog post showing exactly how you've judged specific races genders and abilities?

[secondbeatsongs]

I know this has been posted about before, but I’m dying over Blizzard’s new “diversity space tool”

this is actually the funniest and most tone-deaf thing I’ve seen in a while, and that’s really saying something, considering this is Blizzard!

it kinda explains it on the page I linked, but I guess the point of this is to see how far they're deviating from the basic "straight white male" character type. but here's the thing...what exactly do these numbers mean?

like...why is “Egyptian” a seven? what makes it have that number? who decided that "Egyptian" is exactly seven steps away from whatever they think the "default" is, when it comes to nationality? and why are we still treating diversity like this in 2022??

and while we're here, can I see the other options under “Cognitive Ability” please? I feel like the wording they use would really help me understand this better.

and “Physical Ability”, too! what are the other Blizzard-approved disabilities? I need to know this, for science!

oh, and let's not forget gender! if "Woman" is a 5, does that mean "Man" is a 0? and what would a 10 be? I desperately need to know what would be considered a 10.

actually, could they just send me a download of this tool? I really want to know my own personal Blizzard Diversity Score™. I feel like that would help me.

god, this is just like those “Check Your Privilege!” quizzes from 10 years ago. reducing complex ideas down into simple numbers that can't ever show the full picture.

#blizzard #overwatch #IDs in alt text #personal #this is hilarious to me #because like #could this tool be useful to check for situations where you're making too many characters into a stereotype? #sure #for blizzard I'm sure this tool is very helpful #as a friend of mine said #using a sketchy method #to create things that people want #but like...don't post about it?? #don't make a proud blog post showing exactly how you've judged specific races genders and abilities? #like my god #who decides #who decided that woman is 5 #who decided that arab is 7 #if you're going to make bad decisions #at least keep them private #for god's sake