March 22, 2009 5:57:44 PM
I have to admit, if I'd not read anything about it on the 'net, I don't think I'd have seen anything racist in RE5 (or at least what I've seen/played of it.) I don't think I've ever been racist myself and if I shoot a black zombie it's because it's a zombie, not because it's black.Having followed the debate quite closely, I can certainly see how people could feel uncomfortable. It does have some pretty prevocative imagery, if viewed in that context. The prevailing viewpoint seems to be that Capcom should have had a stronger contrast between black people and black zombies.I do worry that we are wandering a little close to "one rule for oppressed minorities and one rule for everyone else." Should recent history (with a large dose of collective guilt) mean that Africans, Jews, Native Americans etc receive special treatment to ensure that games containing them as antagonists aren't racist?If the answer is yes, then isn't that racist in itself? Shouldn't any negative stereotyping of a particular group be considered equally prejudiced and unacceptable? (For example, should I be offended that Star Wars largely depicts English people as the leaders and supporters of an evil, fascist Empire?) How long will it be before we can truly put historical atrocities and socially accepted racism behind us so that this kind of thing becomes a non-issue?
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