thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
Britain and the old world are radically different from the Americas, especially when it comes to racial attitudes. Distinction is a possibility, but I truly mean no offense when I say that I don't know if you understand how this stuff works. Furthermore, I think the assertion that minorities would stop in the Gorgossi area is ludicrous, and I would encourage you to look at the Great Migrations of the 19th and 20th centuries as to why. Furthermore, in the fictional context of this world, as urban areas flood I think a mass migration out of them is likely. I also think that assuming this migration would be limited to "white anglos" is absurd and insensitive. Additionally, while you mention that many of these concentrated areas of minority residence are separated on the current map from your lands, this (according to the nature of the setting) was not always true. And even then, people are smart. Boats aren't hard.
I think another major consideration with regard to the difference between old and new world is the tendency for population to move. I don't have statistics, but I'm sure you realize that the myopically focused peasant villages where this ethnic microcosms you cited emerge are fundamentally different than mass and mobile populations in the wake of great disasters. To say nothing of being direct subject to a slaving empire, when empires are known for population movement...
The point I'm trying to make is I don't think you understand how this stuff works in a very highly diverse American context (sure, Missouri might be 85% white, but the states south of it sure aren't - and especially given the waterway location, when those people come north they're going to nestle right in) and that the Old World whiteness you describe and seem to want is essentially impossible in that same context. I'm not a mod, but I just wanted to make the voice of a fellow player heard.
Typed on my phone immediately after waking, so I apologize for grammar errors, formatting errors, etc.
This is a good view of the demographic realities.
Edit: And, honestly, why does race matter on any level?
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