Changes: Culturally offensive

Revision as of 04:23, 16 September 2020

Some Magic: The Gathering cards have been banned from sanctioned play due to being deemed culturally offensive in the contemporary perspective.^[1] This happened in 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests.^[2]

The cards show up in Gatherer with the following warning: This card does not meet Magic community standards. It may perpetuate racism, contain harmful stereotypes, or depict a sensitive real‑world event.

Banned cards

Card name	Set	Release	Reason
Cleanse	Legends	1994	Problematic text about destroying black creatures.
Crusade	Alpha	1993	invokes religious wars to give benefits to white creatures.
Invoke Prejudice	Legends	1994	Racist imagery in combination with the card concept an a card ID significant to neo-Nazis.
Imprison	Legends	1994	Depicts a dark-skinned person being tortured.
Jihad	Legends	1994	invokes a religious war to give benefits to white creatures.
Pradesh Gypsies	Legends	1994	Racial slur.
Stone-Throwing Devils	Arabian Nights	1993	Racial slur for Muslims.

References

↑ Depictions of Racism in Magic. magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast (June 10, 2020).
↑ David McCoy (June 10, 2020). "Wizards Bans 7 Cards with Racist Depictions, Including Invoke Prejudice". Hipsters of the Coast.

[1] Depictions of Racism in Magic. magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast (June 10, 2020).

[2] David McCoy (June 10, 2020). "Wizards Bans 7 Cards with Racist Depictions, Including Invoke Prejudice". Hipsters of the Coast.

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-Some ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' [[card]]s have been banned from [[sanctioned]] play due to being '''culturally offensive''' in the contemporary perspective.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/depictions-racism-magic-2020-06-10|Depictions of Racism in Magic|date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> This happened in 2020, in the wake of the [[Wikipedia:George Floyd protests|George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/06/wizards-bans-7-cards-that-depict-racism-including-invoke-prejudice/|title=Wizards Bans 7 Cards with Racist Depictions, Including Invoke Prejudice|author=David McCoy|date=June 10, 2020|publisher=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]}}</ref>
+Some ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' [[card]]s have been [[banned]] from [[sanctioned]] play due to being deemed '''culturally offensive''' in the contemporary perspective.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/depictions-racism-magic-2020-06-10|Depictions of Racism in Magic|date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> This happened in 2020, in the wake of the [[Wikipedia:George Floyd protests|George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/06/wizards-bans-7-cards-that-depict-racism-including-invoke-prejudice/|title=Wizards Bans 7 Cards with Racist Depictions, Including Invoke Prejudice|author=David McCoy|date=June 10, 2020|publisher=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]}}</ref>
+The cards show up in [[Gatherer]] with the following warning: ''This card does not meet Magic community standards. It may perpetuate racism, contain harmful stereotypes, or depict a sensitive real‑world event.''
-==Banned cards==
-*<c>Cleanse</c>
-*<c>Crusade</c>
-*<c>Imprison</c>
-*<c>Invoke Prejudice</c>
-*<c>Jihad</c>
-*<c>Pradesh Gypsies</c>
-*<c>Stone-Throwing Devils</c>
+==Banned cards==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+!Card name
+!Set
+!Release
+!Reason
+|-
+|<c>Cleanse</c>
+|''[[Legends]]''
+|1994
+|Problematic text about destroying black creatures.
+|-
+|<c>Crusade</c>
+|''[[Alpha]]''
+|1993
+|invokes [[Wikipedia:Crusades|religious wars]] to give benefits to white creatures.
+|-
+|<c>Invoke Prejudice</c>
+|''[[Legends]]''
+|1994
+|Racist imagery in combination with the card concept an a card ID [[Wikipedia:Fourteen Words|significant to neo-Nazis]].
+|-
+|<c>Imprison</c>
+|''[[Legends]]''
+|1994
+|Depicts a dark-skinned person being tortured.
+|-
+|<c>Jihad</c>
+|''[[Legends]]''
+|1994
+|invokes a [[Wikipedia:Jihad#Current usage|religious war]] to give benefits to white creatures.
+|-
+|<c>Pradesh Gypsies</c>
+|''[[Legends]]''
+|1994
+|[[Wikipedia:Gypsy|Racial slur]].
+|-
+|<c>Stone-Throwing Devils</c>
+|''[[Arabian Nights]]''
+|1993
+|Racial slur for Muslims.
+|}
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