How many of you think that RE5 is actually racist?

Isn't this just the series taking the whole Zombie thing back to it's roots?

Voodoo/ Hatian

[QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"]

What if it was the other way around?

A black man killing, a **** ton of white zombies in suburban middle white america ?

^^^ The game will never see the light of day. :P

GirlGirlGirls

Actually noone will care.

Then name one game that is actually like that?

GTA San andreas comes close. It's just not middle america

Imagine the uproar if you were killing a bunch of muslims :|Chronic_420

That is already taking place IRL by the US army.

[QUOTE="Miyomatic"][QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"][QUOTE="MadExponent"][QUOTE="Miyomatic"]

Anybody who says yes is touchy, imo. Seriously, we live in a day and age where color of skin just doesnt matter anymore.

GirlGirlGirls

The reason people think there is more racism is that most people try to avoid it. Thats why people flip over stuff like this. It's in Africa for a reason, Chris has been in two other RE games.

People in America are afraid of their own shadow. I wrote a 10 page paper on why we should as a wholeconfront Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to get them to stop race baiting. They will have their say on this game soon....mark my words. Forget that the Japanese are making this game. They will tie it to an idea by a white man and demand it be cancelled.

Wow if RE5 gets cancel because of that, it'll be a damn shame.... :(

Why is everyone going Ape over this?

Did anyone see american History X....? This is nothing compared to that.

That movie is pure ownage.

Taken out of Context that movie could be contructed as a Racist Film. (Same thing with RE5)

But as a whole it bears to the viewer a Powerful anti-Racism Message.

No one ever looks at anything that way. Most black people I know think that American History X is racist and none of them have seen it, they went on word of mouth alone. My best friend who happens to be black is with me and thinks it's a great movie. AMX is one of those movies that feels like you get punched in the face with reality.

:lol: at Insecure Sensitive Blithering Idiots who think RE5 is "racism."

Seriously, RE4 had infected Spaniards as Zombies......NO Spaniard or any European complained, b*tched, moaned or labeled RE4 as being racist. Same goes with NO White People complained about All the RE series having White people as zombies.

To me its just a bunch of touchy opinionated White liberals (and many touchy African Americans) trying to stir up controversy.

All I can say is: STFU and GET OVER IT! ;)

[QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"]

What if it was the other way around?

A black man killing, a **** ton of white zombies in suburban middle white america ?

^^^ The game will never see the light of day. :P

Riviera_Phantom

Actually noone will care.

Why do we live in a world where when we see a trailer for Resident Evil 5, and right away think its racist?

I mean seriously when you first see the trailer you should be thinking, Oh my god that looks amazing...

well good thing in bizarro world white people only kill white people and black people only kill black people...

I bet Capcom is hard at work making a senario

where you have to protect a un infected young BLACK mother and her BLACK Child, :)

From BLACK Infected Zombies.

Huh Huh Huh !! :D

How is that for Racism? not that much huh... huh?

[QUOTE="Chronic_420"]Imagine the uproar if you were killing a bunch of muslims :|GirlGirlGirls

That is already taking place IRL by the US army.

Wasn't there already a game based in or near Iraq?

[QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]Resident Evil 5 takes place in Haiti, not Africa.Mad_Rhetoric

Trust me.

Anybody who says yes is touchy, imo. Seriously, we live in a day and age where color of skin just doesnt matter anymore.

Miyomatic

lol this statement is exactly why racism and prejudice still exist

[QUOTE="ProductofChina"]Killing black people is totally racist, I mean its a white guy killing a bunch of black people. How racist is that! What has those years o anti-slavery changed? Nothing! This is racist! it would be okay if it were black people killing white people in the game though because white people were never slaves. You cannot be racist to white people.Legendaryscmt

Did your parents raise you to be ignorant?

[QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"]

What if it was the other way around?

A black man killing, a **** ton of white zombies in suburban middle white america ?

^^^ The game will never see the light of day. :P

shaggygrosser

Actually noone will care.

Don't forget about this infamous game:

Double-standard FTL

[QUOTE="Miyomatic"]

Anybody who says yes is touchy, imo. Seriously, we live in a day and age where color of skin just doesnt matter anymore.

J-REAL

Yeah right! Either you are blind or have been hiding in a cave in the last 400 years lol!

Is the game Racist? I dont know im not the creator and none of us know why the creator made this game and the past RE games. The truth is it doesnt matter if it does not offend you but if it offends a large population than there will be a problem. Im a "gamer" and when I saw the trailer the first thing that came to my mind was bad a$$ graphic and the second was this will be a problem in the black commuity. Trust me this game will bring millions of people to go agaisnt this game not just blacks but other races. Its not the "game" as the story its the graphics it looks to real. What I never understood in the RE games is the zombies never attack each other. I mean in RE4 that was just chilling till some idiot comes along. And this will be the same thing. The "black zombies" will be chilling not killing each other or eating each other but chilling till some idiot comes along with guns.

Why would the parasite kill itself? That makes less sense than the zombies chilling with each other. In RE4, the parasite (chagas, or something) was kind of portrayed as being a single being, almost. Some mystic, ancient, powerful parasite that has a will of its own and a sense of community.

[QUOTE="Miyomatic"]

Anybody who says yes is touchy, imo. Seriously, we live in a day and age where color of skin just doesnt matter anymore.

Aclar00_basic

lol this statement is exactly why racism and prejudice still exist

[QUOTE="Mad_Rhetoric"][QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]Resident Evil 5 takes place in Haiti, not Africa.Shad0ki11

Trust me.

You're Jun Takeuchi!!!!!!!!

I'm so smart. *pats self on back*

Racism in the white community still exists, though it has immensly diminished over the years. MLK Jr, would shed a tear if he saw the extent to which racism in the white community has fallen. But racism is different now. It is just as common. It occurs in the under-educated rural and strong city ("ghetto") areas. In those places are people born into blind rage, the ideas that other races are out to get them, and this time, it's not just white people. People of all races are against each other in these types of areas. organic_machine

what would MLK have to say about this game?

[QUOTE="shaggygrosser"][QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"]

What if it was the other way around?

A black man killing, a **** ton of white zombies in suburban middle white america ?

^^^ The game will never see the light of day. :P

Kestastrophe

Actually noone will care.

Don't forget about this infamous game:

Double-standard FTL

Too bad black people only get to star in games like that.

Most certainly not. In fact, until the claims of racism, the race of the Zombies ( Even though Zombie is thier actual race at infected point ) didn't even cross my mind.

I had heard that the possible location for this game is Haiti.. if that is the case then let me quote you this.

'Enslavement, harsh treatment of the natives, and especially epidemic diseases such as smallpox caused the Taino population to plummet over the next quarter-century. In response, the Spanish began to import African slaves to search for gold on the island. Spanish interest in Hispaniola waned after the 1520s, when vast reserves of gold and silver were discovered in Mexico and South America.'

Now if the protagonist is American, where is the common link with the people of Haiti? On face value sure, but then that is ignorant of the facts.

It would be a smart move by Capcom to counter-act any claims of racism. I can also guarantee you there will be either a Black character or White infected zombies featured in the game.

If you look closely you will notice that not all the zombies are of Black skin colour. From my observation, although it may have been a bad quality video, there appears to be some of Olive skin colour indicating latin-american origin.

jezus christ, stop these stupid topics:

1. it's a location!!!

2. Black people can't be zombies???> so, only white people can >> THAT's RACIST

[QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

[QUOTE="Mad_Rhetoric"][QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]Resident Evil 5 takes place in Haiti, not Africa.i_like_pizza

Trust me.

You're Jun Takeuchi!!!!!!!!

I'm so smart. *pats self on back*

[QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"][QUOTE="Miyomatic"][QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"][QUOTE="MadExponent"][QUOTE="Miyomatic"]

Anybody who says yes is touchy, imo. Seriously, we live in a day and age where color of skin just doesnt matter anymore.

MadExponent

The reason people think there is more racism is that most people try to avoid it. Thats why people flip over stuff like this. It's in Africa for a reason, Chris has been in two other RE games.

People in America are afraid of their own shadow. I wrote a 10 page paper on why we should as a wholeconfront Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to get them to stop race baiting. They will have their say on this game soon....mark my words. Forget that the Japanese are making this game. They will tie it to an idea by a white man and demand it be cancelled.

Wow if RE5 gets cancel because of that, it'll be a damn shame.... :(

Why is everyone going Ape over this?

Did anyone see american History X....? This is nothing compared to that.

That movie is pure ownage.

Taken out of Context that movie could be contructed as a Racist Film. (Same thing with RE5)

But as a whole it bears to the viewer a Powerful anti-Racism Message.

No one ever looks at anything that way. Most black people I know think that American History X is racist and none of them have seen it, they went on word of mouth alone. My best friend who happens to be black is with me and thinks it's a great movie. AMX is one of those movies that feels like you get punched in the face with reality.

Don't think its racist at all, but I seen the trailer and the Zombies don't look like zombies, so to a non gamer it kinda looks like a white guy killing crazy black people.Silky-Johnson

And you know, if im not mistaken, the director or producer of the game said that they are not quite Zombies and not quite the illiminadi or whatever of RE4...if they are given too human characteristics then it will make things far worst than they are now

[QUOTE="organic_machine"]Racism in the white community still exists, though it has immensly diminished over the years. MLK Jr, would shed a tear if he saw the extent to which racism in the white community has fallen. But racism is different now. It is just as common. It occurs in the under-educated rural and strong city ("ghetto") areas. In those places are people born into blind rage, the ideas that other races are out to get them, and this time, it's not just white people. People of all races are against each other in these types of areas. GirlGirlGirls

what would MLK have to say about this game?

If this game existed during th time where anti-black racism still was commonly accepted, he would be against the game. BUT, there is a certain degree of ignorace required to believe this game is racist. that degree of ignorance is something I do not believe MLK had. MLK DID NOT preach the uprising in black power. no, he preached equality and peace among all races.

No its not. If you look at it, its so not rasist that it appers rasist.

[QUOTE="Kestastrophe"]

Don't forget about this infamous game:

Double-standard FTL

TheHater86

Too bad black people only get to star in games like that.

There's a lot more asian and white game developers compared to black developers, so even if they were to make a black lead character they would be afraid of stereotyping because well, they aren't black.

Stuff like

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25817098

is getting out of hand. What about all those games were u kill only white people. I swear I can't stand the race card black people throw at work, and now in games.

omg i am hispanic of spanish decent and i was in no way offended by re4 at all...the thought never even crossed my mind until that stupid article on re5. for crying out loud RE4 is in my top 10 favorite games of all time! shame on the people/person who view this as some kind of racist issue. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!! :xRage010101

I voted yes.

I voted yes.

Black people should never be portrayed as antagonists in a game. Pariah_001

I voted yes.

Black people should never be portrayed as antagonists in a game. Pariah_001

But it's ok for whites to be? Oh noes the blacks were slaves once apon a time, well guess what, whites were also slaves once apon a time.

And what about the rubbish going on in Africa, you know, where the black governments are murdering white farmers for the hell of it.

I voted yes.

Black people should never be portrayed as antagonists in a game. Pariah_001

I lol'd

I voted yes.

Black people should never be portrayed as antagonists in a game. Pariah_001

Q: Any drop of blood into infected area can cause contamination. This relates to racism because of the HIV/AIDs problem in African.

A: Lets see, any drop of blood, scrape, etc, etc, isn't that for all zombie movies/games?

Q: A white man killing black people.

A: Yeah, he's white, but then again, what do you expect to be killing in Africa, the Chinese?

Q: Black people shown before the infection appear to be rendered as if they already have the infection.

A: Whether you're African, Japanese, Russian, American, German, etc, etc, you know that all races have ugly people to them, and just because you put it in a game doesn't mean you're trying to spread racism.

The whole thing of racism on RE5 is a crock. As far as I saw, why didn't they go up in arms about RE4? I mean, after all, you are white, and you are killing the Spanish.

Legendaryscmt

They're not attempting to be racist, no, but it's totally reasonable that somebody would look at the game and say...."Holy, f'ing s***. THIS GAME IS SO RACIST! THE HUMANITY!"

It totally looks that way, is all I'm saying. I said No in the poll btw.

I voted yes.

Black people should never be portrayed as antagonists in a game. Pariah_001

And white/chinese/japanese/hispanic/russian/etc should be?

[QUOTE="GirlGirlGirls"]

[QUOTE="organic_machine"]Racism in the white community still exists, though it has immensly diminished over the years. MLK Jr, would shed a tear if he saw the extent to which racism in the white community has fallen. But racism is different now. It is just as common. It occurs in the under-educated rural and strong city ("ghetto") areas. In those places are people born into blind rage, the ideas that other races are out to get them, and this time, it's not just white people. People of all races are against each other in these types of areas. organic_machine

what would MLK have to say about this game?

If this game existed during th time where anti-black racism still was commonly accepted, he would be against the game. BUT, there is a certain degree of ignorace required to believe this game is racist. that degree of ignorance is something I do not believe MLK had. MLK DID NOT preach the uprising in black power. no, he preached equality and peace among all races.

So Blacks to have an equal role in Zombication.

If white people can be zombies it is only right that Black people can be zombies as well.

I voted yes.

Black people should never be portrayed as antagonists in a game. Pariah_001

because they're not worthy?.....