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Slimebeast on 13 May 2016
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Soundwave said:
Slimebeast said:

The guy in the article whining about how MS turned down his idea of having a black female character on the box art, how does he think he's better than everyone else?

To just have that idea (to have a black female on the box) necessarily doesn't mean you are politically correct or a SJW, but that he whines about it in the article and criticizes MS without showing any understanding for their reasoning, shows that he thinks he is better than everyone else. He is so sure of himself that he is progressive, open-minded, that he has seen the light.

It's so easy, and cheap, to kick this already open door - in this day and age, who will disagree with him? In this PC day, who will say it is wrong to have a black lead and risk being perceived as a racist? It's so cheap. He paints anyone that disagree as the evil guy racist.

That's how political correctness works and how these SJWs work. Their sole goal in life is to appear as good.

His fucking holy anger, he was screaming, he was yelling, he really took the fight for this mighty important cause!, it shows how highly he thinks of himself and his moral battle.

I hate people like this. Just like the Pharisees in the times of Jesus, always making sure to display their goodness in front of everybody. Disgusting behaviour.

I doubt Jesus was much of a conservative.

There is some racism in saying you can't put a black woman on the cover, their own analogy of comparing it to a Disney film The Princess & The Frog is disingenious because Treasure Planet and Atlantis did even worse than P&F, so if that was their excuse, it's hard to say that they don't have some ignorance at the very least. P&F actually performed better than most/all of Disney's final slate of traditionally animated films (I think only Lilo & Stitch did better and L&S also has a Hawaiian native lead).

Consumers have shown time and time again that they don't have a problem with black or lead characters of other ethnicities ... Star Wars just had a black lead, The Jungle Book just did huge box office, the Fast & The Furious is one of the biggest franchises with a largely minority cast.

So if people are willing to accept that, what really is the reasoning that a black character can't be on the cover of a non-sports video game in 2012? It's bullshit, plain and simple, these marketing executives don't know their own audience.

Yes, Jesus was politically conservative.

No, Microsoft was not racist for not putting a black woman on the cover. It could mean that they were out of touch with their audience, underestimating and not understanding that the audience has progressed so far, yes. But racism, no.

Also, it's not racism to have the following thoughts:

In our day and age in the Western world, white is the norm, white is neutral, while minorities could be described as niche. No matter if it should be this way or not, most people agree on this.

Putting a black woman on the game cover could signal that Fable is niche. I sincerely believe many people would ask, why a black woman? What does that signal? Many might think "this is not a classic RPG, is this  a progressive game trying to break conventions? But I'm not interested in political statements, I want a good game."

It's not racism to be aware of this mentality among the audience.