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

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adriane23 said:

zarx said:

Ssenkahdavic said:
First time I heard the "trash lady" speak I just thought it was terrible voice acting. Racism No, but horrible voice acting.

Yea voice acting is not one of the game's strong points, and I am not really sure why that particular character is getting all the attention vertually every street NPC in the game is some stereotype, there are all kinds of white wannabie gangsters, conspiracy nuts, engrish speaking asians, stuck up ultra bussy bussiness women who are always talking on their cells etc.

But those people exist in the present day, Letitia's dialect doesn't. It's not that there are stereotypes in the game, it's that she is an inaccurate portrayal of black people in the future. She's the only character (that I've found) that talks like that in the game, so it makes her stand out even more. Every other black person for the most part sounds authentic, from the mannerisms to the slang terms used. She just doesn't fit in a game based 16 years in the future.

yes I am sure there are far more white 80s hiphop wannabies today than people that talk like latitia. Not that that really has any baring of a fictional future of a universe that is not our own, proven by the fact fictional events are described in the game that date back to the early 2000s etc.