OK, where to begin? As for the "marketed to children" thing, it's going to be an M rated game, kids shouldn't be playing it. It is rather interesting to note that more than a few people, including The Village Voice, have noticed the setting of the new RE5 and found it a little jarring. Although that could simply be because the average video game may only have one random black character (typically a hero or anti-hero), so more than two on the screen at any one time is revolutionary. The African issue aside, the Japanese developed Resident Evil series has been killing white people for its entire run so far -- how did white people not catch on to this and get upset? Because it's not white killing, it's zombie killing. You're killing them because they want to eat or infect you, not because of their skin color. But now we have black zombie-like people getting killed in RE5 and gay aliens in Halo 3 ... what is this industry coming to? The sins of diversity.
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-Saw a picture of a white man pointing a gun at black people.
-Got up in arms over the image.
Steps they skipped:
-Looking into the context of the image, finding out the general plot of the game or even the series.
-Look into who the game is actually being marketed to rather than make a guess.
Maybe they were taught that white people were killers and evil from past generations and thus when they see these games think, HERE IT IS again.
Is this the same as most white people always have learned racism from their parents as they were taught hatred. So, give people a break.
I will hold judgment on this game until I see more African's in the game that are also playing a more productive supporting role.
Look, she has access to the internet and looked up a trailer for Resident Evil 5. The number 5 in the title might give away the fact that there has been more in the series.
I don't care who you are or what country you're from, if you post a racist blog without doing your research, you deserve to be attacked.
I don't give exceptions to black people.
I don't think it is racist myself, but thought that should be pointed out. For the sake of universal appeal, perhaps the main character should be black?
WILL A BLACK PERSON PLEASE VOUCH FOR THIS GAME? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CATER TO RACIAL TENSION IN EVERY WAY CONCEIVABLE? WHAT SHOULD CAP DO? PUT WHITE ZOMBIES IN AFRICA?
GEEZ....SOME PEOPLE WILL POST JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO GET HITS....DOES HER SITE HAVE ADS?
5. Kym Platt
Yes… I am more comfortable with the zombies being white. In fact, ALL zombies should be white from this day forth.
Racism goes two ways...
You all just think black people get an exception because of slavery, well, guess what. Black people weren't the only fucking slaves in the world. Way back when, Yugoslavians were faced with even worst slavery and stuff like it than the blacks. Do some research. I think this game will be a HUGE success and I don't give a crap what color skin any character has in the game, it's a game.
WHAT IS NOT RACIST: Killing black people because they're zombies.
WHAT IS NOT RACIST: The fact we're been killing white zombies this whole time.
WHAT IS CLEARLY NOW RACIST: The fact we're killing black zombies now.
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What is racist(and illegal): All White Colleges
Your sentiments could not have been worded more clearly and accurately. I agree totally, 100%.
Nicely done.
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Yes… I am more comfortable with the zombies being white. In fact, ALL zombies should be white from this day forth." - Kym Platt
Wow. Just...wow. What a filthy hippocritical racist bitch.
I'm assuming you're an American like me so, just so you know, there aren't any all Black colleges. Historically black colleges can't refuse anyone based on ethnicity, just like all other colleges. Of course, very few whites choose to go to these schools but there are a few that have student bodies that are over 40% non-black.
From infoplease.com's almanac section. The most black populated college is....
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. 95.2% Black population.
There are "black" colleges. Most of the 50 in that listing had over 80%.
Screw her. re4 you killed spanish people (all white)nobody complained about that. o'well shes a moron, her loss if she chooses not to play it.
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The writer of this blog is a racist. Can't she just see that we're all human. Its the zombies we need to fear.
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Hilarious.
Yes, I can't wait for "Resident Block 5", where you get to play a gray block standing in a room, doing absolutely nothing offensive. Media gold, I say!
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If your from Spain, apart from the Portugese, you don't look like many other people in Europe at all.
To me, thats a race.
I had a Greek friend at school who would punch you for calling him white.
Yes there are bigger race groups: Oriental, Latino, Black, White etc. But tell a Japanese person they are the same race as a Chinese person or vise versa and watch half of hell open up in front of you.
Here in Europe The Dutch are a different race to the Swedes, who look different (all be it on minor levels) to The Bavarians, who look different to the Saxons...
try calling a scottish (irish or welsh) english. some effect
I kill friends who say it: I don't like being lumped in with people from Russia and India. Caucasian is really bad, too: there are black people who are technically Caucasian!
"Spanish" isn't a race, it's a nationality. People from Spain are white. Simple as that. Dutch, Swede, and what have you, are white too. Some may feel strongly about their nationality to the point that they feel peoples with regional differences such as facial structure and slight skin tone differences count as different races but they do not.
Even if someone prefers to exclude himself from his own race because he dislikes other members said race does not change the truth. If a Chinese woman doesn't want to lump herself in the same racial pool as a Japanese woman that's fine, becuase in spite of what she says, both her and the Japanese woman are still Asian.
Wow, just wow. You haven't looked at Spanish people have you? Even though I'm not only Spanish; having ancestors directly from Spain i can tell you that we are white and not another other race. I have no idea where you got that idea from. But please take it out of your head. Spanish people are white just like most other Europeans, this whole different race BS started when they began to inter marry with the Mayans and Aztecs.
If i have black hair, brown eyes, and a good tan; does that make me a different race from my blood related cousin who's blond hair and blue eyes with snow white skin?
In summation, Spanish people are white.
im hispanic and i had 0 problem with spanish zombies in RE4.i liked that they spoke my tongue!it was cool imo.
according to this lady there should be no black people in games?it would be racist if RE5 was set in africa and the zombies werent africans.
remember shes just one lady, she only represent herself not anyone else.
non gamers ftl.
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We hardly know anything about RE5, but if you want to take RE4 as the example, it's even worse. You've got a secret agency infecting Africans with a disease, and a white military man slaughtering them all. Why is this worse when it's Africans? Because many of these things are still going on in Africa right now, and it's been a while since the Spanish inquisition.
so if things like this are actually happening in africa we should avoid any similar situations right?
then cod4 shouldnt be based in the middle east or BF2,because similar things are happening there too.
All kidding aside, it is true that this game may be a bit insensitive about the problems in Africa (just watch The Constant Gardener, because god knows we can't be bothered to read any news that isn't game related), but the Japanese couldn't be bothered with those Gaijin troubles. The Japanese culture is incredibly xenophobic, we don't have to lie, it's just how they are.
RE5 culturally insensitive: YES!
RE5 racist: NO!
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