Heavenly_King said:
You are defending the indefensible, the color of the skin should not matter; and as such it should not be involved as an argument. It is quite simple. The author whether he wanted or not, was being racist. |
lol ok, why do I get the feeling you never experienced any actual racism before? Mention of the race of the character leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Its ok, it doesn't amount to anything beyond that. Thankfully the general population is moving towards having a better understanding of racism so trivial things like this don't draw traction outside of gaming forums. This will effect no ones life, it doesn't reinforce any harmful stereotypes and the sentiments like the IGN author was expressing actually help the industry think broader, more inclusively and can make a difference to those who are actually lacking in decent representation. They could of left white out of the description and the point would've still been understood but equally by including "white" they've just been even more descriptive of why the character is generic, all the meanwhile no one is harmed.
Alternatively we can pretend this is an attack on the oppressed white male and a clear moral crime which will only reinforce the oppression of the white male. Do you also think it's sexist & racist against white males when people were complain about old white men disproportionately dominating politics?
