So What? Who Cares?

  I've been struggling with finding out why I'm working on this. Why am I writing this? What's the point of the research blog and the associated website? I mean, really what I'm after is a passing grade, but that's just an associated end to my means. More of an after the fact if you will.
  We're talking about this in class right now. Like literally as I'm typing this sentence. My professor is asking "Who are the people who should care about my argument? What difference does it make?" The problem with my brain is that at the moment I really don't know. I have thoughts that maybe nerds care, maybe people of color, shit, maybe even just regular old racist people, but do I care who cares?
  I should, shouldn't I? But I'm having a hard time convincing myself that others care...
  Templates are fun. These ones are ripped right out of our They Say I Say book by Graff and Birkenstein (ooo cool, I have a new source). I like this one the best at the moment and do have some mods on it to make it kind of fit my subject (should I really even cite this?): "But who really cares? Who besides me and a handful of [other like-minded nerds] has a stake in [this matter]? At the very least [those who say that] it's just a game and racism isn't a part of it] should care" (Graff, 93).
  This game is a social thing. It brings people together in great ways, and sometimes for the introverts in the culture (of which there are a lot) it is the only reason that they leave (or clean) their house.
  I think that most people will agree that racism is bad. I won't argue with those who say that it isn't, because I would rather not listen to why people think that they are better than someone who has a different shade of skin than they do. Really the argument that I'm making is that players of Dungeons & Dragons are just a touch more aware of how racism works. I'm not saying they can put themselves into the shoes of those who racism affects most, because let us be completely honest, the majority of the (white suburban nerdy) players of Dungeons & Dragons, are not going to have the same life experiences.
 
  And with that I think we found our "So what?"
  Two posts in one day! See you again tomorrow!

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