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{{quote|''"Racism was not a problem on the [[Discworld]], because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more interesting. Black and white [[Enemy of My Enemy|lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green]]."''|'''[[Terry Pratchett]]''', ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]''}}
A subset of the old trick of dealing with thorny issues through [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|metaphor]]. Instead of having the hero encounter racism between, say, whites and blacks in the American [[Deep South]], or between ethnic Czech and Roma in the Czech Republic, or between Ainu and Japanese, or any other sets of real-world groups, they encounter racism between two-headed aliens and three-headed aliens, or between [[Elves vs. Dwarves|Elves and Dwarves]], or [[Fur Against Fang|Werewolves and Vampires]], [[Un
Note that this can also cover other types of prejudice; anti-homosexual sentiment, religious differences, and so on.
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See also [[People of Hair Color]], which can be another occasion for racism in fantasy.
Remember [[Square Peg, Round Trope]] when applying examples to this page. [[No Real Life Examples, Please]], as this is an inherently fiction only trope.
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