| Soleron said:
Why does anyone care? It's a skin pigment - genetics; no indication of any other attribute of a person. No one should even notice just like eye colour. Real racial equality advocates should just realise the large proportion of incidentally melanin-sparse skinned people in video games doesn't matter. It's not a deliberate attempt to discriminate, nor does it harm anyone. Also, the fact the population is in ration X:Y doesn't mean video game heroes have to be in the same ratio. 1 in 6 people in video games MUST be Chinese. 1 in 10 video game movie sidekicks MUST be in wheelchairs. |
Well unfortunately most people notice and race has a huge impact. I live in the racially diverse Wash. DC area (my high school was about 25% white) and even though there is a lot of races living together everyone still notices.
As for the topic, the United States is 75% white. I'm going to go out on a limb (because I don't know) and say that Europe is close to that as well. I think in many cases the choices aren't concious in the minds of game developers (western), it is simply natural to them. And some fellow made a good point about Europe taking a lot of limelight in history.
And you're probably right Pristine, a purely Japanese/African/Indian cast might not sell as well in these heavily white populations. As sad as that may be, racism is still far too prominent.
