More Resident Evil 5 racism claims

[theRepublic]

In the whole interview, I think N'Gai Croal answers a lot of the issues people are having with the snippets of quotes that are in the article. Here's the link:

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/04/10/newsweeks-ngai-croal-on-the-resident-evil-5-trailer-this-imagery-has-a-history/

In the context of the game, I would tend to agree that this is not racist. Wherever this is set, the majority is obviously black.

However, I think the biggest issue with this trailer is for people who have no background with the game. That could cause a lot of problems for Capcom. With the history of race in America, I think that there will be some sort of uproar over this game. At the very least, I'm sure one of the 24-hour news networks will rip this game for being racist. Unfortunately, this is exactly the kind of mass media coverage the video game industry doesn't need.