Resident Evil 5 racist?

Lecrew · 11-09-2008, 09:20 AM

I'm laughing my ass off at those people who takes it too seriously that resident evil 5 is a racist. T_T Seriously, they don't realize it's just a freaking GAME. XD

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/p...ack-21/1263777

Escobar · 11-09-2008, 01:59 PM

damn. my phone failed the video, but im sure its just as retarded as any re5 racism discussion ever. Talk about looking too hard for contreversy T_T. Where were all the angry people trying to stand up for those poor spaniards? =(

And yeah, its just a game anyway, and its not like Chris is screaming racist shit before killing them...people need to get over that shit >=[

demonsword88 · 11-10-2008, 02:14 PM

exactly. nobody complained when you're shooting white zombies, nobody complained when you're shooting spanish zombies, so what's the deal with black zombies? think about it this way: you're in africa, you're surrounded by a ton of black zombies who are out of their mind and want to kill you. are you going to sit there and say 'hey, would it be racist if i kill them' or are you going to say 'fuck that, i need to live.' especially in a time where there aren't that many black anythings in games [ie. black magicians/wizards, black warriors, black insert class here] with the exception of having the stereotypically black thugs/gangsters so having black zombies is a great way to get a foot in the door to a world of other opportunities. if this were like in the movies, would you say it's racist to kill the main bad guy cuz he's black? no. people need to stop playing the race card for stupid reasons.

the scorpion · 11-10-2008, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by demonsword88

if this were like in the movies, would you say it's racist to kill the main bad guy cuz he's black? no.

I'd say, 'Hay, why'd they cast a black person as the main bad guy? OH, I SEE. IT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE RACIST.'

Something like this.

Blehza · 11-10-2008, 07:05 PM

So no one else is buying this because you get to play a white guy shooting black people?.....I must be weird.

edit: and yes I am joking =/

demonsword88 · 11-10-2008, 09:07 PM

lol....O_o

Escobar · 11-10-2008, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by the scorpion

I'd say, 'Hay, why'd they cast a black person as the main bad guy? OH, I SEE. IT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE RACIST.'

Something like this.

And you'd be a moron T_T. But you know this.

I decided to read the article referenced in the video, and it made me rage. It was some of the stupidest shit I've ever read. I'd waste time stating all the reasons why calling RE5 racist is retarded, but some comments from the referenced article (this stupidity here) already said everything I wanted to say, with added lulz. Basically:

Originally Posted by Anonymous

Resident Evil is not and never has been racist. Stop creating drama where there isn't any.

Anyone trying to find racism in this is trying too hard. They're trying to portray black people as victims for something ridiculous. The zombie enemies are black because they are in Africa, plain and simple. It's equal opportunity, if it's fine when White people were zombies and fine when Spanish people were zombies, then it's fine when black people are zombies. Only an uninformed moron could watch footage from RE5 and truly consider it racist, and they'd be trying too hard to create controversy where there's no controversy to be had.

And lmfao Blehza...the furthest I'd go with that is pretending one of the zombies is the guy who wrote that blog post...OH NOES!

demonsword88 · 11-11-2008, 01:10 AM

here's a kind of counter argument that i read awhile back http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/04/25/...an-be-zombies/

i actually agree with what this guy says.

Lecrew · 11-11-2008, 01:38 AM

People just need a slap on their faces about this game being racist. It is, in no way, a racist game. Shit, a little over half way through the game and you team up with a black girl.

Dude wtf...retarted people. XD

Escobar · 11-11-2008, 01:42 AM

I spoke up about this on the FFXI forums and at least 3 people told me to go back to Africa because this isn’t the real world and there doesn’t need to be any blacks in Final Fantasy.

LMFAO!!

I agree with some of his points, but eh...should I start complaining about how I get no hispanic protagonists? Oh, yeah, SURE, IN BEIS BOL GAMES >=[

I considered most of those Final Fantasy heroes asian...I just think complaining about the race of the characters in a game is getting way beyond the point, what race they are isn't important. I don't feel the need to play as a character of my own race, and I barely even notice the race of the character in a game I'm playing as in most games. In most cases it's just a completely 100% unimportant part of the game, I see no point in complaining about it.