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** Gedds seem to be inferior to many species in just about every way. And they are the basic Yeerk host.
* The House elves in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''.
* In [[David Brin]]'s [[Uplift]] saga, humans themselves are presented as a
* In A. E. Van Vogt's ''[[Slan]]'', the titular species, hated and hunted by ordinary humanity, bore a striking resemblance to the smart kids who get picked on at school, the primary demographic of most science fiction of the time.
* [[Discworld]] goblins. Of all the intelligent humanoids on the Disc, [[Fantastic Racism]] may hit them the hardest - they face poverty and social marginalization wherever they live, and in many areas aren't legally considered people and can be murdered and enslaved with impunity.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[Promethean: The Created|Prometheans]] in the [[New World of Darkness]]. Depending on your definition of "species", [[Changeling: The Lost|Changelings]] may also qualify. Life really, really sucks for both of them.
* [[Pathfinder]] has two prominent examples among the core races : halflings and half-orcs. Halflings are often taken advantage of by other larger races, mainly humans, and most of them lack the aggressivity and combativity to fight back oppression, thus halflings have become a [[Slave Race]] in half the nations where their population is significant (Cheliax is the most infamous of them in this regard). Half-orcs are almost universally despised, feared by humans and their allies for their appearence and the awful implications of their origin, and looked down upon as weaklings by orcs, and most cannot have a peaceful life as a result, either hiding their nature to everyone or living on the fringes of society.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Demi-humans in ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' are discriminated against and exploited by humans.
* The Spathi from ''[[Star Control II|Ur-Quan Masters]]''. They are pantophobics and are born in such numbers that they receive no attention from their parents. They had a chance to have a protective bubble put around their planet, but due to a mix-up, they are now [[Reluctant Warrior
** Also from ''[[Star Control]]'' we have the Utwig, who are horribly depressed because they accidentally broke their Ultron, which is the most important [[MacGuffin]] (or [[Magic Feather]], [[Your Mileage May Vary]] depending on your interpretation) in the history of their society. Of course, there is a quest where you can fix it.
** The ultimate woobies in the ''[[Star Control]] franchise'', of course, are {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|the Ur-Quan]], whose entire civilization was enslaved by tyrannical [[The Hypnotoad|Hypnotoads]] and reclaimed their freedom only after a lengthy campaign of mind control-disrupting self-torture. Small wonder half of them became control freaks and the other half became [[Omnicidal Maniac
* ''[[Dragon Age]]'s'' elves have not had it easy, that's for sure. Their original homeland was invaded by the Tevinter Imperium, and they were enslaved. They were freed after they helped Andraste overthrow the Imperium and established a new homeland. This was invaded by the Chantry (which was founded by Andraste's followers) because they didn't help stop the blight that was going on at that point, and are now either second class citizens living in walled off alienages in the cities, or in the forests, where they try to reclaim their heritage, and even then are often seen as troublemakers.
* [[Mass Effect]]'s {{spoiler|[[Benevolent Precursors|Protheans]]. They get invaded by the [[Abusive Precursors]], all but a few scientists are mind-controlled, warped into [[Bee People]], and implanted with enough technology to be possessed by their commander without notice. The remaining scientists went into cryo-sleep to wait out the invasion, which took so long that very few were left by the time the VI in charge thought it safe enough to wake them up. Their reward? Dying of starvation in the very deathtrap that doomed their species to oblivion, with the hope that future species would catch on before the invaders return.}}
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* Half-elves in [[Tales of Symphonia]], who are the outcasts of society, rejected by both humans and elves. The fact that the evil organization that's rounding up humans into concentration camps is made up entirely of half-elves certainly doesn't help the race's image, either. It gets to the point that {{spoiler|the two half-elves in your party have to pretend to be pure-blooded elves just to have a decent life, and the [[Big Bad]] is a half-elf trying to bring about an [[Assimilation Plot]] to end racism by making everyone the same race of lifeless beings.}}
* The Dunmer from ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' have a long series of hardships throughout their history, but the absolute worst comes by the time of ''Skyrim'', where their homeland is buried by an erupting volcano and invaded, forcing them to disperse into other lands as refugees...only to be discriminated against and looked down upon by the natives there.
* The Ancients from ''[[Sonic Frontiers]]'', the long-dead precursors whose ruins dot the landscape of the Starfall Islands {{spoiler|were a race of aliens whose homeworld was annihilated by a sadistic [[Eldritch Abomination]], with only a small number of survivors fleeing from the carnage. When they settled on Sonic's world and tried to carve out a peaceful existence for themselves, they realized to their horror that their tormentor ''followed them'' with the intent of finishing what it started. The reason why there are no Ancients left is because they were either slaughtered en masse by its terrible might, or sacrificed themselves in order to contain it. This extends to the Koco who now populate the island, as they're their [[Soul Jar|Soul Jars]] that are forced to relive the horrifying final moments of their lives. Thankfully, Sonic and friends are able to help them move on to the afterlife, and ensure that they'll never be forgotten by preserving the cyberspace network they set up to retain their memory and history.}}
== [[Web Original]] ==
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