Resident Evil 5 is racist?

[ducky285]

Pretty sure most people here have heard of this, but in case you haven't heard it...

http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/resident_evil_5.html

and a rebuttal

http://lawofthegame.blogspot.com/200...ism-issue.html

Interesting stuff.

[Chromer]

This game was obviously going to bring the noise when it was revealed that the zombies to be killed in this game was Africans. To make it worse, it's a white person doing the killing. I really don't care too much about stuff like this even though I'm Black, but this just doesn't bode well with me. I'm not going to like the fact that I'm killing Africans, infected or not.

[Darkjakk]

Who the hell cares. Jesus, its a god damn game. They're zombies. I don't think anybody would be crying if this took place in japan and you were killing savage Asian zombies >_>

[zidart]

ohh and when they were killing hispanic people it didn't matter? (well i really loved that they talk in spanish is a little handicap sometimes)

i really don't care who am i killing, because what i'm killing is not real and it doesn't give an extra-message, is normal, that if the guy has a mission in africa he has to kill infected africans

[jewpinthethird]

Originally Posted by from site

I really do hope this is a joke. There is plenty of real racism alive and well in the world today and words cannot describe how disgusting it can be, but it is garbage rants like this that take attention from real problems. It is absurd and insulting to everyone to suggest this game is in anyway being designed to teach anyone to hate black people. You seem to have left out the fact that RE0-3 were filled with white people and RE4 contained specifically Spaniards. I would almost think you should be more insulted it took them this long to include African people.

Sup, I agree. The race card is not to be used to justify ignorance.

[Mr.Nothing]

The creators of RE5 weren't trying to show hatred for any race in creating this game, they were simply displaying the racial majority of the setting.

[Squeek]

What the underlying argument here is:

It's OK to kill white people! Just don't hurt black people!

Wait what.

What matters most:

THEY'RE ZOMBIES. WHO CARES WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEY DIED. NOW THEY ARE ZOMBIES. SHOOT 'EM IN THE HEAD! GRAB THE SHOTGUN!

[Flyleef]

Why do people care so much about black peoples 'needs?' Why do they always have to have the first black secretary, black iceman, black pizzaman, black principal, black teacher, etc. Are black people special or something?

[Tonberry_Kid]

Originally Posted by Squeek

What the underlying argument here is:

It's OK to kill white people! Just don't hurt black people!

Wait what.

What matters most:

THEY'RE ZOMBIES. WHO CARES WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEY DIED. NOW THEY ARE ZOMBIES. SHOOT 'EM IN THE HEAD! GRAB THE SHOTGUN!

My hero <3

[SethSquall]

Oh my god guys I just shot a black zombie.


I think....


I think Im.....


Oh god I'm not racist am I?


That doesn't make me racist does it?


I better go back shooting whites quick.

[argo15]

the Resident Evil development team is Japanese.

There you go, I don't think they are trying to make whites look like haters.

[Tonberry_Kid]

Originally Posted by Flyleef

Why do people care so much about black peoples 'needs?' Why do they always have to have the first black secretary, black iceman, black pizzaman, black principal, black teacher, etc. Are black people special or something?

Because the white people enslaved them for a hundred years or so. But I think they're starting to get a little "need" happy now.

What about us greeks? We were enslaved for about 400 years by the Turks and we don't get any special "needs".

[Baka05Carl]

things like this started the whole violent games are making children violent...... its the dam same, now its just racism. People have to kno that this is just a game, if people try to copy violent crap from games why wud parents even make them play... its just stupid

[etrnnlchaos24]

Most of my thoughts have already been said but i also state, why does it matter? I mean people are people. Some people are just a tad bit more chocolate than others. I do have to agree with tonberry. Im black and i know that are people were enslaved for however many years but thats over. Im not asking everyone to forget but it aggravates me so much when people banter about "omg this is the first black ____" But back to subject why dont they just make the zombies good old green.

[hoochan]

Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

Sup, I agree. The race card is not to be used to justify ignorance.

A-****ing-men.

[lord_carbo]

Originally Posted by Chromer

This game was obviously going to bring the noise when it was revealed that the zombies to be killed in this game was Africans. To make it worse, it's a white person doing the killing. I really don't care too much about stuff like this even though I'm Black, but this just doesn't bode well with me. I'm not going to like the fact that I'm killing Africans, infected or not.

Yeah, you'd really love to kill white people, huh, you racist.

I also don't see why black is capitalized in the article and not white. Is that supposed to be a subtle hint at superiority? HUH?

Lastly, most people in Africa are black. So most of the zombies will be black. I get annoyed with easily fixed realism, e.g. in sitcoms where the genetic traits of parents just don't match with the kids.

Taking note of race and not identifying people as their individual selves just perpetuates this idea of racism which liberal lobbyists claim to be against.

[shazam_2011]

In fact, ALL zombies should be white from this day forth.

Posted by the original poster. Hypocrisy much?

[toxicninja]

the second half of this video says it well:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/u...ylist=featured

[dAnceguy117]

this video game is marketed to children and young adults

obviously

[evilbutterfly]

Originally Posted by lord_carbo

Taking note of race and not identifying people as their individual selves just perpetuates this idea of racism which liberal lobbyists claim to be against.

oh hey I agree with carbo that's weird o_O

And uh, I'm pretty sure the video shows one African dude getting zombie-attacked by another African guy. They wanna call the zombies racist, too? Or will they complain about the black-on-black violence? We brothas gotta stick together, man! =(

Also, maybe it's just me, but black people do not look like zombies when they're zombies. I mean, zombies are all pale and tinted blue/grey usually. Kinda hard to be pale and ghostly looking when you're African. =\