Black people outraged at RE5

[Mikael Grizzly]

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

Because for the first time we get to shoot the ass of a black zombie.

EDIT:

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/07/zombies_in_afri.php

I as a man of color played resident evil 4 set in Spain. Which included gunning down hundreds of spaniards.Where was your critic then.

This comment wins the 2nd prize.

All races should have an equal opportunity to be zombies. Not allowing blacks to be zombies is racism

This is 24 carat gold.

[Eejit]

Old? :/

[Raziaar]

I'm never satisfied until I can kill every race on earth. No favorites... all of them die if they are zombies!

That's the beauty of diversity. You get so many different types to kill.

[nurizeko]

This news is so old this thread should be considered necromancy.

[Sedako]

Yeah, this is pretty old news. I'm sure some people have yet to hear about it though.

These black people are are racists themselves. No one complains when we're killing white or Hispanic zombies, but all the sudden it's racism when the zombies are black.

[Mikael Grizzly]

The comments are gold. Some should be engraved in gold on the foreheads of little children of all races. Imagine how they would all shine in the sun!

[Gray Fox]

Isn't this like one black woman? And to think I was almost about to give Charles Murray the benefit of doubt.

[lePobz]

Racism is a card that they are scared of losing, so they have to keep racism alive by making a fuss out of nothing.

[Mikael Grizzly]

Anyone knows how to shut a kid up? His screaming is annoying me, I can't cut deep enough in his forehead while he is screaming.

[Kadayi]

Man there is some serious backlash going on in those comments sections. Bet the author wishes they'd thought things through a bit more on that one. I agree comedy gold on this one.

[ailevation]

I wonder how many black people are helping developing and promoting RE5.

[Eejit]

I wonder how many black people are helping developing and promoting RE5.

Probably quite a few, but working as slaves.

[Dog--]

Can't you kill black people in like, 80% of games made?

[Sedako]

Can't you kill black people in like, 80% of games made?

Yes, but usually they're mixed with people of other ethnicities.

[Vegeta897]

I'm never satisfied until I can kill every race on earth. No favorites...

That's the beauty of diversity. You get so many different types to kill.
One little snip and this becomes just about the most offensive post I've ever read.

[Raziaar]

One little snip and this becomes just about the most offensive post I've ever read.

lol.

But... even if they aren't zombies, at least I'm still killing everybody equally!

[Vegeta897]

Including women and children?

[Cormeh]

God ****ing dammit - the enemies in Resi 4 and 5 are NOT ZOMBIES!

Rawr.

[Reginald]

this video game is marketed to children


WRONG!

I don't care about the ethical backlash but I wish people would stop seeing games as kid's things. I am 18. Old enough to watch any film, have sex with anything I want, and sit behind the wheel of something that can kill another human being. And I play videogames. In the eyes of the law I am an adult. I can make adult decisions...


I'm not really sure where I'm going with this but you all know it's true.

[Tyguy]

They are the first zombies to steal and do crystal meth i heard

[Pesmerga]

God ****ing dammit - the enemies in Resi 4 and 5 are NOT ZOMBIES!

Rawr.

Whut are dey?

[Stigmata]

They are the first zombies to steal and do crystal meth i heard

:laugh:

[Eejit]

They are the first zombies to steal and do crystal meth i heard

None of the Resident Evil games were set in Glasgow? :(

[Cormeh]

Whut are dey?
Ethnics!

Errr, no, wait - parasites - they're infected with teh parasites.

[CptStern]

where does it say black people are outraged?

[Combine Hybrid]

Here's solution.

Don't release the game in America.

Racism issue solved.

[Cavalry]

Here's solution.

Don't release the game in America.

Racism issue solved.

You,sir, have given me a reason to move back to Europe.

we kill Canadians in most RE games, RE4 was the spanish, Code Veronica was Russians, nobody cared, this may sound racist, but I am getting pissed with blacks thinking everybody owes them something after slavery. How much do they want? The abandonment of an otherwise amazing looking game? Do they want capcom to go back to killing zombies in Canada?
look at Dead Rising, it took place in America, and all of the zombies were white, so what, black people had no problem playing it?

EDIT- the zombie apocalypse wont pick and choose who's a zombie or not, in fact, every race has an equal chance at being a zombie.

[Vegeta897]

Uh oh Bowsniper. You are treading into huge debate territory.

[CptStern]

You,sir, have given me a reason to move back to Europe.

we kill Canadians in most RE games, RE4 was the spanish, Code Veronica was Russians, nobody cared, this may sound racist, but I am getting pissed with blacks thinking everybody owes them something after slavery. How much do they want?

where does it say black people are outraged?

The abandonment of an otherwise amazing looking game? Do they want capcom to go back to killing zombies in Canada?
look at Dead Rising, it took place in America, and all of the zombies were white, so what, black people had no problem playing it?

EDIT- the zombie apocalypse wont pick and choose who's a zombie or not, in fact, every race has an equal chance at being a zombie.

well it's obvious you didnt read the article in the OP, she explains her position, which you would have known had you read it

[Cavalry]

oops, my position was based on the "black looks" site, especially comment #5, going to read the other article now (I thought they basically stated the same thing.)



Edit-But looking again at the trailer, I see a different message: it’s not just that these zombies are black, but that the uninfected black villagers are zombie-like too. See all those spooky shots of the villagers before they get infected? It’s as if race itself were a disease. The white protagonist has to fight back or be infected.
Well, not exactly, if my instinct serves me right, the setting seems to be Somalia, which is a war torn country in Africa. So, the hangings and violence that she claims to portrait as a "disease" is probably nothing more then one war lords group fighting another.

[sea]

I think they should put Mexican and wheelchair-bound zombies in the game just to make the beaners and cripples happy.

[Cavalry]

Uh oh Bowsniper. You are treading into huge debate territory.
sorry, I have been watching the game intensely, I don't want to see it canceled for this reason, its never race was never a big issue with capcom games, until now....




(my English class is doing a debate on the justification of mercy killing, I was hoping it would help improve any debate here, I guess I should avoid at all costs?)

[Gargantou]

This has to be the oldest 'new' news posting ever in the Games and Gaming area here on HL2.net!

[dream431ca]

Seriously, who didn't see this coming? A white guy shooting a bunch of black people. I wonder if Capcom prepared for the consequences.

[Kyorisu]

If by consequences you mean a bunch of people pissed off for arguably no reason then yes I'd think they'd be prepared for that one.

Solution = Make the main character black.

[Raptor_Jesus]

how sad

[ailevation]

If by consequences you mean a bunch of people pissed off for arguably no reason then yes I'd think they'd be prepared for that one.

Solution = Make the main character black.

Then you'll get an outrage in the black community saying toward other blacks, "don't support black-on-black crimes, that's what 'they' want."

[redruM]

If by consequences you mean a bunch of people pissed off for arguably no reason then yes I'd think they'd be prepared for that one.

Solution = Make the main character black.

^ lol yes :laugh: I bet that would make them happy. Oh and while they're at it they should relocate the game back to Europe or someplace so black people can have fun killing us darn whites.

Seriously, I don't think this will create any large problem for the game's development.

[Kyorisu]

Then you'll get an outrage in the black community saying toward other blacks, "don't support black-on-black crimes, that's what 'they' want."

Are you trying to say that black people hate black people? Surely not, they'd see the game for what it is and have a laugh. If it's black on black any racism arguments don't have a leg to stand on the way I see it. Hell the initial argument doesn't have a leg to stand on. It takes a slightly sick mind to actually spot something and call it racist unless it is blatantly obvious. Crying out that somethings racist every time there are more white people killing black people in a video game is a cop out we all know it. Reverse the situation and suddenly there is no problem.

[CptStern]

wheeee no one reads the article in the OP

[Kyorisu]

Because it's old and irrelevant to what the thread is now talking about. Pay attention Stern. I'm specifically continuing the discussion from BowSniper's posts.

[CptStern]

she addresses your points ..you'd know that had you read the article

[Kyorisu]

I'm a racist anyway. I hate everybody equally.

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.

I can't help but laugh my arse off at this.

Resident Evil 5 is already raising questions about racism

And it shouldn't be. The only people calling RE5 racist would be blacks. I doubt anyone else is racist enough to think what they do. I saw it as a game set in Africa nothing more.

Sounds familiar yet? Yup, we could be talking about the HIV/AIDS crisis, which has killed 15 million Africans, and infected 25 million others on the continent. Especially since one of the few sentences spoken in the Resident Evil 5 trailer is, “Casualties continue to mount over the long years I have struggled.”

Or not. Zombies = infected folks. Zombies + Black people != subtle HIV refernce.

Or maybe we’re reminded of the "one drop rule," concocted by racists who feared miscegenation in the era of slavery and Jim Crow to create a definition of whiteness. Is that what’s lurking behind the premise of this game?

Or mabye your blowing a zombie game out of proportion. It wouldn't be the first time video games having been targetted for socieities evils.

[CptStern]

not that one ..it reads like it was written by a child
this one:

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/07/zombies_in_afri.php

[Kyorisu]

Yeah I sort of went through both and was editting a bit and hit save by accident.

[Warbie]

One of my best friends is black and I am outraged! (although it's not his fault - I blame the parents)

[Kyorisu]

Back in the days of Uni I called a black person a "****ing dimwitted moron" ofcoure that didn't go down well with calls of racist. I quickly gazed at those people and immediately called them the racists. If you didn't observe our conversation how do you know whether or not my cussing was caused by racial hatred? I swear the general public just get's more stupid as the days go by.

where does it say black people are outraged?

Here we go fun time. No really now. Often that not at least in my experiences whenever an action occurs that somehow puts a white guy above a black guy the blacks are quick to call the white racist. The actual action itself doesn't matter. Some (read: not all) of these folks just love playing the victim and we let them get away with it.

she addresses your points ..you'd know that had you read the article

And I addressed hers which are obviously written in such a way as to generate the most hits for that website.

[ailevation]

Are you trying to say that black people hate black people? Surely not, they'd see the game for what it is and have a laugh. If it's black on black any racism arguments don't have a leg to stand on the way I see it. Hell the initial argument doesn't have a leg to stand on. It takes a slightly sick mind to actually spot something and call it racist unless it is blatantly obvious. Crying out that somethings racist every time there are more white people killing black people in a video game is a cop out we all know it. Reverse the situation and suddenly there is no problem.

Relax. My statement was based on one of the stereotypical ideals of the black community also found in movies and comedies; culture shock and it's impact on people of the same group when presented into a new place. My jokes always fail only because the internets is serious business.

[mastag]

Pssh, i'm buying the game just so I can kill Africans.

What?! They're ZOMBIES? Damn.

Seriously, the writer of the 1st article needs to piss off.

[Cpt Tenacious]

Why is it that when you shoot white people only it's not raciest? Only black people? Besides, it's not like Afirca is teaming with white people anyway.

[Stigmata]

Because people are stupid.

[Cavalry]

Now what if capcom portraited(spelling?) Africa with only white people?
Blacks would probably get offended for not being in a game that takes place in their own country.

I say- Resident Evil 5- A New Threat in Iraq

[Saturos]

Black people have a chance to become lead role in a resident Evil game, as zombies no-less. They should be greatful. Maybe they should stick a few white zombies in the game and say they were just unfortunate "tourists" or peacecorps advocates or something?:|

[Cerpin]

This game needs to happen. White people who claim to be 'offended' by this are people with racist tendencies that they subdue by pointing fingers at more obvious racist issues. Such as Resident Evil 5.

[Cormeh]

What's really, really brilliant about this whole racist/racial issue episode is that we've seen practically nothing of the actual game. For all we know the game only has like, one chapter that takes place in Africa blowing the heads off black people with a black shotgun whilst laughing blackly.

Black.

[Eejit]

Lenny: Black? That's the worst color there is. No offense there, Carl.
Carl: Nah, no problem I get it all the time.

[CR0M]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40046000/jpg/_40046595_203death.jpg

[Kyorisu]

Relax. My statement was based on one of the stereotypical ideals of the black community also found in movies and comedies; culture shock and it's impact on people of the same group when presented into a new place. My jokes always fail only because the internets is serious business.

My post wasn't 100% serious either.

[Cormeh]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40046000/jpg/_40046595_203death.jpg
Absolute genius.

[jimbo118]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40046000/jpg/_40046595_203death.jpg

LMAO, i love you!:laugh: