African American Woman blog says RE5 is racist (we saw this coming)

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

Quote:

The new Resident Evil video game depicts a white man in what appears to be Africa killing Black people. The Black people are supposed to be zombies and the white man’s job is to destroy them and save humanity. “I have a job to do and I’m gonna see it through.”

This is problematic on so many levels, including the depiction of Black people as inhuman savages, the killing of Black people by a white man in military clothing, and the fact that this video game is marketed to children and young adults. Start them young… fearing, hating, and destroying Black people.

This writer must be a complete idiot.

1. Resident Evil isn't marketed towards children. The games are rated M for Mature and are marketed towards a mature audience. No kid is gonna be able to walk into a store and run off with this game.

2. Resident Evil in the past has always had white zombies in American cities. Starting with Resident Evil 4 they tried to change the setting to other countries in order to keep the game fresh. The game took place in Europe and had a bunch of spanish speaking enemies. This game takes place in Africa so it has a bunch of black people. It wouldn't make much sense having all white people in a African setting.

3. No one is going to buy this game for the sole purpose of training on killing black people. People buy games to have fun. If an adult used this game to train on killing black people they obviously have a mental issue.


There is so much wrong with this blog entry. They didn't bother to do any research and are trying to make a racist scene out of it. The writer seems more racist than anything.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Wait a minute? Does this mean there's no white zombies in RE5?

Pretty fucking racist right there.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

What I like is "supposed to be zombies". As if there's no reason to believe that it's so.

The folks in that trailer, they're just acting ordinary

Killing them is so wrong ;_;



STILL, it would be infinitely more tactful to make the protagonist black as well, and to include at least a smattering of random white zombies. It's probably always a bad idea for Japanese companies to make games that feature black people prominently, though; your average Japanese individual has only ever seen black people on TV, where they are made to caper about like idiots. They probably have no idea why anyone could possibly object to "MOW DOWN THE NEGROS: THE GAME".

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Miles

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3. No one is going to buy this game for the sole purpose of training on killing black people. People buy games to have fun. If an adult used this game to train on killing black people they obviously have a mental issue.

Are you out of your MIND? I'm buying RE5 just so I can shoot black people. I'm not gonna lie, there are no hidden motives here.

Fucking niggers, hope they all die a horrible zombie death.

WHITE POWER

LOOOL Seriously though. Worst article ever. Where was this bitch when we were killing all the mexicans in RE4?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Needs more Azn zombies. They'll be, like, waist-high to Chris and he'll kick their bucked teeth in. We shall appease the racist mindset this way

Blog Author (in comments):
"Yes… I am more comfortable with the zombies being white. In fact, ALL zombies should be white from this day forth."
Lololol. Some people...

Also, I bought GTA: San Andreas just to repeat some Jasper County-style hate crimes as well as run over some darkies.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Miles--was that YOU that posted in her blog?

Why do people not THINK for a change? As one poster pointed out--she hadn't responded to any of the other posts again. Sometimes I guess ignorance is bliss....

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

She should probably be glad they didn't give them all the big fat nigger lips that suddenly made me feel bad for watching Death Note.

Still, it's not as if they're rendered inhuman by virtue of being black and/or poor.

FELIPE NO

Maybe she'd be more comfortable killing Iraqis or Afghans.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

This is what happens when people put on their "racism blinders" and fail to do research.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I saw this on Digg earlier too. I like how the part about all the "mindless savages" that were pureed in a myriad of ways in the first 5 games were FUCKING WHITE.

Well guys. That's it. CHOCOLATE RAIN IS OVER.


There's nowhere I can't reach.

I like how they closed comments. I hope that that bitch recognizes that she lost thoroughly.

I like how, until the end, she kept wearing the badge that IN FACT YES she would love to be seen as a racist if it meant what she was saying.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Miles

3. No one is going to buy this game for the sole purpose of training on killing black people.

Dammit, this is why I was gonna buy it.


Edit: Aw fuck. My joke is totally ruined because Tails said the same thing. I should read threads more often.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

You? Tails? Saying the same things?

Dude, that is so unlikely. You can't be blamed for such a freakish coincidence.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, what are the chances of that anyway? Gotta be pretty astronomical at the very least.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hahaha, STOLE YOUR JOKE BEFORE YOU EVEN THOUGHT OF IT.

Quick, someone check our IP addresses, they might be the same.

FELIPE NO

GET OUT OF MY HEADDDDDDDDDDDDDD

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

He's always the one backing ME up. Only the best get to be flight lead, y'know.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

But it's the wingman that gets to make all the good jokes.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There's one joke and two of us. That works in our favour.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Tails

Where was this bitch when we were killing all the mexicans in RE4?

Mexicans live in Mexico.

You know, all these years playing Resident Evil, the ONLY black zombie I can recall is some cop from RE2. He wasn't random either; he was humanized and played an important (albeit minor) role in the story. Having the new RE games in different locations is supposed to provoke sympathy on the player's part I think; having a corporation or some evil entity controlling an entire population is certainly a gut-wrenching premise for a story. This woman has to understand that the zombies being black in this game is merely to change things up and make things accurate (wouldn't make sense for whites to be parading around, unless it was South Africa or something), and not a hate crime just because there's VIOLENCE HAPPENING TO A BLACK PERSON HEAVEN FORBID. =O

Oh well. Dirt like this only makes these games fly off the shelves faster.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

One nonetheless has to be curious about why anybody would be performing super evil super science in sub-Saharan Africa.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It's an ideal location to do monstrous deeds. No one gives a shit and no one will stop you.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Bradylama

One nonetheless has to be curious about why anybody would be performing super evil super science in sub-Saharan Africa.

Because they want to kill black people, DUH.

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Originally Posted by Bradylama

One nonetheless has to be curious about why anybody would be performing super evil super science in sub-Saharan Africa.

Well, let's be honest, if any area of the world would let something as dangerous as the T-Virus (or whatever they're using to explain how these people become zombies,) spread, it's Africa.

Or maybe it's not evil science at all! Maybe it's just a horribly inefficient way of ridding the world of those stupid Christian Children's Fund people.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Maybe black people are four times more receptive to the T-virus. They sure look a lot smarter than the white trash zombies from your daddy's Resident Evil game of yore.

Next on CNN: Barack Obama speaks out against racist video game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.