Racism and D&D

"I do not want to spend too much time beating a dead war-horse, but your average D&D game consists of a group of white players acting out how their white characters encounter and destroy orcs and goblins, who are, as a race evil, uncivilized, and dark-skinned"
Links to a metafilter article. Some of the content there is dated, like earlier this year, and was originally posted on Somethingawful, so you can guess at the quality. Most, however, are insightful and worth a look.