Imagine if, in Lord of the Rings, Hobbiton started out full of dwarves and elfs and humans and orcs, because we don't want to seem racist with our casting and it's more "woke" to have a diverse starting group. Lets discuss how much that would ruin the story, and compare that to The Wheel of Time series that has countries and societies with different ethnicity and rich cultural differences based on a long history of social isolation and in some cases xenophobia and racism that makes it obvious just by looking at someone what country they are from. Aemon's Field is clearly stated to be genetically homogeneous because they are all descendants of Manetheren and have been isolated from the rest of their country for so long that they don't even know what country they're in. When they see other peoples from other countries it should be with the amazement of hobbits meeting elves for the first time. The only racially diverse groups in WoT are the Aes Sedia, the Kin, and the Seanchan, and there are very good reasons for why these groups are made up from people's of every nationality/ethnic background. Racial differences are Part of the story, you can't just act like racism doesn't happen. Everyone except Rand who lives in Aemon's Field should look related, with brown hair and eyes, taller and darker skinned than a Cairhienen but shorter than an Aiel and paler than the seafolk.
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Imagine if, in Lord of the Rings, Hobbiton started out full of dwarves and elfs and humans and orcs, because we don't want to seem racist with our casting and it's more "woke" to have a diverse starting group. Lets discuss how much that would ruin the story, and compare that to The Wheel of Time series that has countries and societies with different ethnicity and rich cultural differences based on a long history of social isolation and in some cases xenophobia and racism that makes it obvious just by looking at someone what country they are from. Aemon's Field is clearly stated to be genetically homogeneous because they are all descendants of Manetheren and have been isolated from the rest of their country for so long that they don't even know what country they're in. When they see other peoples from other countries it should be with the amazement of hobbits meeting elves for the first time. The only racially diverse groups in WoT are the Aes Sedia, the Kin, and the Seanchan, and there are very good reasons for why these groups are made up from people's of every nationality/ethnic background. Racial differences are Part of the story, you can't just act like racism doesn't happen. Everyone except Rand who lives in Aemon's Field should look related, with brown hair and eyes, taller and darker skinned than a Cairhienen but shorter than an Aiel and paler than the seafolk.