| Darc Requiem said: The claim is completely baseless. Anyone that bother to do the most basic of research on the RE franchise would no this. This is just another example of someone does not know anything about the subject they are speaking on making uninformed and damaging statements. Kwaad, I wouldn't say your statements are racist. I would say they are stereotypical. The NBA is prime example. Their are growing number of European players that are joining the league. Most would consider them "white" and they have problem playing agianst the supposedly more athletic "black" players. Its all about focus. The focus in the black community is athletics and entertainment not education. So of course their are going to be a higher percentage of great athletes coming out of the "black" community. European players often put obscene hours into practing their basketball skills and what do you know a growing number of them are exceeding in the NBA. In African countries its common for them to know 4 or 5 languages where here in the US we usually only know one. Why? They have to know several languages to communicate. A society or community will excel at whatever the focus on and falter on whatever they neglect. |
Stereotyping is a form of racism because it assumes that one is like all, and attributes qualities of the stereotype to the individual (profiling). When you see a tall black person, it is racist if you immediately think basketball (not necessarily discrimination or hate, but it is racism). When performing a job interview, some people think statements like the one I made bold. I prefer to judge applicant where I work on what I perceive of their skills and character through an interview process.
That statement you made may be part of the reason for individual atheletes but it is not the only reason why there are so many black atheletes. Minorities are promoted in certain professions (Sales, Sports, Military, etc.) because success in these fields is mostly based on skill, instead of subjective interviews. Partially because of discrimination (i.e. Minorities are held back) and mostly on perception (some minorities recognize that these professions are more level and decide to follow that path so that they don't have to face as much discrimination).
The trailer, and most likely the game, are insensitive (which isn't that big of a deal) and counterproductive (a big deal) to the direction the world should be heading. People treating eachother as equals. Not the game, but the developers glorifying the White Man's Burden as some type of heroic endevor and portraying the residents of third world countries as violent mob thinkers (before zombification) and helpless to solve problems for themselves.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
