WOTC are not inclusive enough they need to "DO BETTER"
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Because "MUH INCLUSIVITY" and "DAT'S RAYCISS" as they're offended on behalf of others is the name of their game. They invade hobby spaces that haven't really had any problems in the past, look for potential issues that match their talking points (no matter how tenuous the link), and demand that the hobby change to match their views.
They play the old mafia game of "That's a nice store front you got there, it'd be a shame if something would happen to it" with both businesses and peoples' lives. Since the businesses don't want the bad optics of claims that they're racist/sexist/whatever-ist, they bend the knee and promise to match demographics in their fantasy worlds that are equal to (or better than) those in the real world. So, instead of fantasy escapism into worlds where there are inherently evil races for our good PCs to battle, we end up with claims that Orcs are an allegory for black people and screams for there to be female Space Marines. Shit like this is exactly why we should have gone harder on gatekeeping our hobbies, but our geek nature of wanting other people to enjoy the things we did was our own downfall.
So what does that mean, over-all? Screw WotC and any other gaming company that has been the knee. There are tons of other non-woke rule sets you can play with, and the only way these woke companies will understand is if you hit them in their bottom line.
What rules set do you recommend? Thing is I am found of older rule sets but I would not mind something new that works well in a fantasy setting, not that I am set in to fantasy settings per say but I have a ton of figurines that are unfortunately fantasy.
For fantasy-based stuff I'd usually point people at OSRIC or other OSR variants of D&D retro-clones. Most are unabashedly based on 1st edition D&D and AD&D and intended for people that want to play as such.
EDIT: It's also worth noting that I regularly check up on the Bundle of Holding deal page as they frequently sell packs of older rule sets in bundles for prices that are a steal. Granted, it's all PDFs, but you can also tie that to your DriveThruRPG account and get official copies stashed there as well as on your BoH account. You have to be willing to pull the trigger, though, because once they run a bundle on a game you likely won't see it again for several years.