Deus Ex accused of being racist, SE responds. Video inside

[adriane23]

Darth Tigris said:

adriane23 said:

Xxain said:
Ive watched the trailer myself and as a Black dude I didnt find anything offensive about it... I think its more offending that shes called trash lady...

if you go to the South thats how most people( not just blacks) speak

Being from the deep south, I can tell you that no one currently uses the dialect that Letitia uses. Saying that any American speaks like this character is like saying there are still Americans that use Elizabethan English in 2011. It's not racist it's just ignorant. 

This here is dead on correct.

As a matter of fact, this is not a regional or social/economic thing.  It's a generational thing.  Very few people under 60 talk like this at all right now.  But this game takes place in the future.  In Detroit.  And she talks like someone (as adriane23 mentioned) from The Color Purple which took place in the early 20th century.

And it sounds like a man.

I'm going to stop short of calling it racist, but it's definitely inappropriate and ill concieved.  Hopefully this isn't indicative of the overall voice acting, or else this seems like the 2nd coming of the first Shenmue, only this time with the lead being played by a poor man's Keanu Reaves ...

Exactly, Letitia (despite her man voice) looks to be in her late 40s, which would put her in her late 20s to early 30s in 2011. There are zero Americans that use this dialect in the present time let alone in 16 years. 

Hmm, I wonder if Letitia's nickname is Mammy......