Resident Evil 5 Accused of Racism...

[naznatips]

ckmlb said:

Desroko said:
Well, saying "They're Japanese, not white" doesn't cut it. Japanese media has for eyars featured egregious racism towards blacks. Which, to be fair, is to large degree because for decades the only portrayals of blacks the Japanese saw was from egregiously racist American media.

That said, I don't think there was any racist intent. I just don't see how Capcom could not have foreseen the problems that would arise with a game featuring a heavily-armed white man mowing down crowds of Africans. I love the RE series, but you can't write this off. It's not avowedly racist, but it is incredibly insensitive.

The reason why it matters is because the blog suggests this is the usual white racism agains blacks by implying they are savage or after whites or evil or something. None of this holds any water when the people who made the game are not white and thus are not engaging in some kind of race war mentality.

I will bet you anything that the people who run this blog have no idea where this game even comes from.

I agree that they likely don't realize it's made by Japanese developers, however he is also right that there is an ongoing history of racism in Japan, and Capcom really should have seen this comming.  Honestly I'm surprised it took so long.  The instant San Andreas was shown the internet lit up with outrage that a black man could ever be a criminal!  It's not like the previous 2 characters were white, no obviously the whole game was showing black men are all evil criminals!