[URL="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/01/african-womens-blog-upset-over-resident-evil-5/"]Discuss.[/URL]
I really don't have much to add, as the article basically conveys my feelings. In a situation where the zombies are exclusively white no one gets offended, but when they're black it's wrong. And of course the ignorance of the offended party is clearly demonstrated when they claim that RE5 will be "marketed to children and young adults".
No. This is pretty ****ing obvious.
stupid n[COLOR="Lime"]i[/COLOR]gger making a big deal out of nothing. I can't wait to show their kind what's what when I'm shooting them in RE5 though.
"Hey look there's tons of games with white people as enemies!"
"Whatever."
"And here's one game with black enemies."
"OMGWTF KILLING BLACKS THATS RASCISTSmklMDSMNVAOLISMNAOSC"
Nothing to discuss really. A developer such as capcom wouldn't make a racist game. As far as I know, they just wanted to convey a feeling of isolation. And I guess you'd feel pretty isolated out in the middle of the african deserts, wouldn't you?
Thats ridiculous. The story is based in Africa, so there is most likely going to be black people. But hey it must be even worse when all of the black people turn into zombies. We must be offended now. Some people can be so idiotic.
"marketed to children and young adults".
lol. What an idiot.
Hey, buddy. Resident Evil has always been an E game. What makes you think RE5 will be any different?
The game's set in Africa. Who the fuck were they expecting? Asians?
Yep. Sure is good to be white. Nothing bad ever happens to white people in video games.
Question: Would a game in which the dark-skinned population of the world rises up and kills off most of the pale-faces be considered racist?
Know what else is ridiculous? When developers submit games for ESRB ratings they have to point out any discrimination against women or racial minorities. It says nothing about men or the smallest minority of all, white people, at all.
I hate all this racest bull****, yes we white people had black slaves hundred years ago. get over it. today blacks are taking over. dont get me worng im not a racest person but look at it. sports almost all black, music all black. lok at older tv shows as well, its fine to have a show with an all black cast but an all white one is wrong.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OUR JOBS!
Who cares about our jobs? Just so long as they don't get to be heroes too often in video games.
Now, what would really get people's ganders up is if the storyline involved HIV mutating into a form of the T-virus, thus necessitating the cleansing of Africa.
Racism in video games is awesome. I hope it is racist, though I know it won't be. Dumbass lady.
It's official, there will be two versions of RE5 at launch. This travesty that might as well be called "Negro-Hunter 3000" and the politically correct version where all of the enemies faces have been altered to appear as a yellow smiley face.
Wow...
lol would both have difrent achievments?
You better believe it. The E version promotes sharing herb and spreading peace.
Oh, I'm going to spread the Hell out of peace in Africa.
yea im gonna spread peace with my little friend here
How did this black woman get her own internet blog? Seriously, what a moron.
she probobly said OMG ALL TEH WTHE POEPLE HAVE TEH BLOGZZ I NED 1 TWO TO BE KOOLZ!!! STOP BEING RACEEST WIGGERZ. and more black women said yea stop bing racist
Remember when people were causing a fuss over LocoRoco? Blacks just wanna find reasons to *****.
O *** someone call the NAACP. Make sure Al sharpton and Jesse Jackson are there too.
I don't know what the big fuss is all about. I thought making da blacks zombies was a great promotion to killing the "N" word.
She has a website [URL="http://askthisblackwoman.com/"]AskThisBlackWoman[/URL]
She responds to what people said.
what a pompous moron.
That's black people for ya :cookie:
This isn't really a big deal. Nothing would happen if the hero of the story was black and he was killing white people. But a white killing a black is unheard of.
Black people ***** about how we used them as slaves. But you don't see brown people going the same thing to blacks
Pro tip: Blackies used brownies as slaves.
Its not racist. Shes just a dumb ******.
Either they ***** about blacks getting killed, or they ***** about there being no blacks in a game that takes place in Africa. Capcom can't win. :(
It aint ****ing racist, it doesnt say ;all balcks must die!' does it?
so if white people are made enemies and its alright, then why not blacks?
its only racist if you're killing them BECAUSE they're black. not because you're in a war.
that being racist is a load of BULL ****
This reminds me of when the Spanish community started complaining about how it was depicted in RE4.
Oh, wait.
Blacks are blacks and Spaniards are Ganados. What are you talking about? :confused:
Also, AIDS. http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/07/zombies_in_afri.php
Maybe the next one can take place in Asia so we can kill some yellow people.
Asians ***** less.
Holy ****, this thread is way more racist and stereotyping than any blog entry that woman made. :(
Still, it's frustrating to see people exploiting stupid, trivial details in video games as if the game has some hidden agenda. Criticism from anyone who doesn't play the games shouldn't be acknowledged on any level.
yea, i mean common, wouldnt it be racist not to have black people in africa? dang, it seems like black people b*tch about everything now adays, you show me one black person that was enslaved thats still alive and i will apologize to King N*gga himself. ****, get over it. u got what you wanted, BET, rap "music", and sports. i mean we americans betrayed the brits, kicked out all the mexicans and indians and they...kinda..forgave us. the mexicans are kinda getting back at us by jumpin the border, but still. black people need to stfu.
Thanks for validating my point.
Edit: That was towards EvilDeadGamer
Vamp: Don't get me wrong, I'm not surprised or anything to see pastey white nerds acting racist from the comfort of the interwebs, but some people take stuff like this too seriously.
No problem. Wouldn't doubt most in this thread don't even mean it. It's just funny to see blacks ***** about racism with there's no intentional racism, it's just a setting and it would be weird to fight more Spaniards in Africa. Wouldn't be the first time something like this came up (what's up, LocoRoco) and it won't be the last time.
Black people need to calm down about this racism bull****. No one even cares anymore.
Have many black people in America ever BEEN to Africa who still complain? If they had they would have realized most Africans don't see African Americans as "brothers". They would be glad that the zombies were Africans. Lots of Africans (not all ofcourse) don't like African Americans for various reasons. I had a friend (yes, he's black) who went to Africa and found it very awakard with all the racial slurs people would make as he walked by.
I don't even call blacks "African American" because that's got to be some of the gayest **** that still exists. They're not African at all.
Kinda like european american. So dumb.
AMERICA IS A RACIAL MELTING POT :)
EvilDeadGamer's post was embarrassing. I didn't know some people still felt like that.
shut up black inuyasha
I'm going to launch a complaint against Capcom for giving Wesker a British accent. It's horrible. I'm offended. We're not all heartless bastards intent on world destruction. This is deeply upsetting.
[quote=Ant;635043]shut up black inuyasha
Nigga **** you.
I should probably sue Infinity Ward for portraying Scottish people as having ****ty red beards and weird accents.
ohwait thats kinda true :(
I should sue anyone who's ever made a WW2 game for constantly casting an organisation led by an Austrian man as the villainous faction. The nerve!
Yeah! And why do WWII games always make us Germans look like the bad guys?!
THANK *** FOR COMPANY OF HEROES
Oh, company of heroes was great. I'm about to play that now.
Expansion pack lets you play as the Panzer Elites. Heck yeah, I love losing!
I actually would prefer to play with no tanks.
I remember when my friend and I played in our local LAN and built this fantastic tank trap as we were getting mauled by really good guys. It was awesome watching them get stuck then blown to chunks.
shootin gamez are the cancer that is killing vgc.
Company of Heroes is an RTS.
It's awesome when you blow up every bridge except one, and then set a really good defenses on the other side of the bridge.
hey hey, im not racist aginst black people, i just dont like it when people b*tch. if a bunch of white americans started b*tching about King George being to meen, i'd rant about them too. and thats what really grinds my gears, back to you tom. xD
You guys act like you didn't see this coming? I was prepared for this since I first saw the trailer. I just thought it might not happen until the game was released.
And anyone remember [URL="http://youtube.com/watch?v=l9L9ubdoVRE"]this game[/URL]?
Sure, you don't see Joystiq making an article when I try to get us out of Mario. :rolleyes: **** this ****.
It's a valid idea to see this game as a shot against parts of Africa specifically, in which case I'd still find reason to disagree, but to say that all blacks are being targeted is a cheap attempt to create an issue out of something that never was.
It's as though she's looking for support that she would never garner otherwise. Then she wonders why her statements are getting so much disrespect. Go figure that some people are seeing through them and don't like what they see!
[quote=Vampiro V. Empire;635599]It's funny because you're *****ing about black people.
OH MY GOD. You just love to argue about bloody well anything, don't you?
How was that arguing? Wow, you're dumb.
yea when I saw the trailer I knew this was going to happen. Look at RE4... all white people that your shooting at. Saying that RE5 is a racist game would make you the racist yourself for not noticing games like RE4. *** I hate racists, but Capcom is definitely not racist. They chose Africa as a place for their game. It's a fact that there are a lot more black people in Africa than white. Africa is a great place for them to have RE5! even though all that was probably already said before, I had to get it off my chest.
Yeah. They're filthy illegal immigrants.
[quote=Vampiro V. Empire;637045]They aren't white.
Once again, you'll argue with anything. The fact that they're not white (they're an offshoot of white anyway, way to split hairs) isn't the point. The point is they weren't black.
I'll argue with anything? Christ, pretty much all your recent posts are in response to mine, even when they aren't related :rolleyes:
The point is that hispanics are still a minority. Thus, RE4 can still be construed as racist, not unlike RE5. So his whole point is void. I'm not arguing, I'm pointing out a flaw.
Right... calling this game racist is idiotic. What's your point? Anti was using RE4 as an example of a game that wasn't racist, but if people believe RE5 is racist, than RE4 is no different in their eyes, is it? It still boils down to some guy kicking the **** out of a completely different race that happens to be a minority in the states. You're telling me this stuff as if you think I believe the games are racist.
[quote=Vampiro V. Empire;637637]Whites are the majority.
White people are a global minority, actually. Unless you think that the combined populations of North America, Russia and Europe are a majority...
It wouldn't take more than 2 generations to dillute many other races to the point where they're indistinguishable from what are commonly called "white" people, though.
I thought you were talking about white people being a global minority for some reason. To be honest I forgot why I was trying to make that point in the first place. I could figure it out but sod it, we're all in agreement anyway.
Your point was to argue with me about something I was right on.
My point was your point, I mistook your position, I made a mistake.
Lol. Habit?
Human, actually.