I cant believe this game has the N word

They should put more stuff like this into games, makes them more realistic.amekhov

Depends on what game it is. Seriously, Mortal Kombat...?

Who cares... I don`t know whats so offending about it. "Black "sounds far more offending imo.rom11

I would have to disagree. I think "black" is the right term to describe a blackman. I think "African-American" is offensive. What if that black man is not from Africa. One would stereotype him by calling him "African-American." Anyway, back to game discussion. If it makes games more realistic, I'd say go for it. If someone is offended, don't play that game. If you poke yourself and it hurt, don't do it right?

Who cares... I don`t know whats so offending about it. "Black "sounds far more offending imo.rom11

That's just stupid. I guess I should start getting offended if someone calls me white.

Who cares... I don`t know whats so offending about it. "Black "sounds far more offending imo.rom11

wow - thats the dumbest thing ive heard this month ...

African-American isn't remotely racist because it refers to one's ancestry - African-Americans, European-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latin-Americans.....given the circumstances under which the Americas developed, numerous races and ethnicities came to reside across both the North and South. Thus we began referring to one another in general terms. Sometimes we even do so regarding nationality (for example, Mexican-American).

Even the word "Ni**er" has what is merely an implied pejorative connotation. Until recently, the word was not officially recognized as a "racist" term by Oxford and M-W's dictionaries. The word's racial connotations were only codified or developed during the Atlantic Slave Trade (16th-19th centuries). The words itself predates the time period. During Apartheid in South Africa, the word "Bantu" was recognized as a racial slur among American/English/Canadian/whatever civil rights advocates, but is rooted in African history.

In response to the TC, you may not be insane. More perverse subliminal or disguised information has been found in various media - from Da Vinci to The Beatles to Disney films.

YourChaosIsntMe

Everyone knows it takes a man and a women to have a baby. Agreed? What if my ancestors; the man was black and the woman was asian. How would you declare that person's ancestral root?

So, I was borned in Africa. My greatx10-grandfather was a black man and my greatx10-grandma was a chinese woman. My dad is asian/black and was borned in Europe and my mother is Viet/irish and was born in the States. What would I be??

I would consider myself African-American because I was borned there, but I look more asian than anything and my skin is tan.

I still say the term "black" is not offensive because it's simply what you see. Example if you see a house, you say, "house!." The term African-American is offensive because you're automatically categorizing someone without getting to know them first.

You are hearing things AND that word is NOT appropriate under ANY circumstances no matter how "realistic" anyone thinks a game should be.Phantom_Leo

Can't put it any better than that.

[QUOTE="Phantom_Leo"]You are hearing things AND that word is NOT appropriate under ANY circumstances no matter how "realistic" anyone thinks a game should be.btaylor2404

Can't put it any better than that.

I'm going to have to disagree with the two of you, then. I shouldn't have to qualify this post by saying that I'm not a racist, but because of how reactionary people can be, I think I should say it, anyway: I am not a racist.

Now that that's over with, let me explain. I don't think that an offending expression should be banned from a medium just because it offends. If such a policy were instituted consistently, then media would be incredibly sterile and puritan. The only reason the particular word we're talking about causes so much fuss is that it's deeply tied to discrimination against a large class of people, many of the members of which are now, rightly, fighting for equality. One thing such fights are susceptible to, however, is going so far so as to institute a system of special treatment. Unless we're going to ban all unjustifiable slurs (racial or otherwise) from every medium, then people should just learn to let people have their free speech, and use social forces--not legal ones--to strike back at unjustified intolerance.

So, let the appropriateness of words be judged on a case-by-case basis, and don't get ban-happy. If uttering a word really caused something magical to happen, as people used to think, then there might be a case against an across-the-board ban. However, we don't live in a world where words have that effect.

I have no issue with companies utilizing their own forms of censorship, as long as it is legal. However, I do have an issue with governments utilizing censorship. As long as video games aren't controlled by a government, I'm fine with the regulatory body doing what it wants, as long as it's legal.

In other words, let the regulators decide the circumstances in which the word under discussion is appropriate. I don't endorse the use of the word, but as with many other kinds of speech, I endorse the legal freedom to say it. I will not be bullied into accepting some proclamation without an argument.

people should be free to use whatever words they wish so long as they do not constitute a threat. of course other people have the right to call them on the tastelessness of their words, but they should never be unspeakable. the power of free speech is paramount to someone's feelings. i pretty much agree with beaver's take on speech.

use social forces to strike back, i think that is the best way i have ever heard it put.anyway i think its pretty clear that this is not what was said and as such i dont see what all the hubbub is.