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madcrazy on 15 July 2009

god forbid they show a black zombie, they should just cut them of the media and entertainment, oh right they probably cry racism on that too



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madskillz on 15 July 2009
badgenome said:
If that quote is anything to go by, Willie Jefferson has terrible grammar. It's possible he's offended because he is a black zombie himself.

Nah, I'm not a black zombie. I do like the taste of monkey brains.



madskillz on 15 July 2009
twesterm said:

[Source Destructoid]

 

Left 4 Dead 2 is racist because 'several' zombies are black
18 minutes ago - 3:00 PM on 07.15.2009, Jim Sterling 35 comments



     Utterly pathetic

This is unbelievable. I've seen people try and find racist undertones in harmless entertainment before, but The Houston Chronicle's Willie Jefferson takes home the prize for making the most ridiculous and convoluted racism link in history. According to him, Left 4 Dead 2 is "disturbing" because "several" of the zombies are African-American. Yep, that's right -- you can't even have ONE black zombie without somebody crying racism.

"I am disturbed by the growing trend of racist undertones that are cropping up in video games," writes Jefferson. "One of the games that comes to mind is Left 4 Dead 2  ... Set in New Orleans, players will have to fight their way through hordes of zombies - with several of them who appear to be African-Americans. When I saw the first trailer for the game, all I could think about was Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath."

So let me get this straight ... Valve is now wrong to include a single black zombie in the game? I literally cannot believe I just read that someone is upset over "several" black zombies -- not an entire army of black ones, just several black ones amidst a bunch of white ones. Has society really gone so f*cking stupid that we can't do anything anymore without the race card being played?

Jefferson also attacks Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood for daring to feature a Confederate officer as the main hero: "The Confederacy, as far as I am concerned, wanted to keep their cheap slave labor and the like. I can not stand the Confederate flag... To me, the flag represents hate -- and offends me and many others to no end. [It] made me wonder how much research Ubisoft did for this game ..."

I think society has really gone too far with these pathetic attempts to find racism in everything. When you're saying L4D2 is racist because some black people happen to be IN it, and when you're saying a game is racist for not automatically portraying every single Confederate soldier as a babyraping Nazi (which is, itself, a rather bigoted viewpoint), then you've lost your grip on reality.

Jefferson ought to be ashamed of himself for obscuring real issues of racism with this "cry wolf" nonsense.

Comeon, Twest ... if you are gonna link to this, link to the article: http://blogs.chron.com/gamehacks/2009/07/racism_in_video_games_the_new.html

Thanks.



theRepublic on 15 July 2009
outlawauron said:
Zucas said:
outlawauron said:
Zucas said:
But there has to be black zombies haha. I mean it's New Orleans. Wouldn't be accurate if some weren't black considering the population has a lot of black people in it.

People are just looking for areas to throw the race card. It is pathetic and silly. You only drive racism further by continuously making it a big deal. And by finding it in places where it doesn't exist... well now you are just creating tensions for no reason.

Seriously, Louisiana is, I believe, one of the only states where there are more black people than white people.

For some odd reason I want to say South Carolina as well but can't confirm that.  Not sure if Louisiana is dominant black though but a larger percentage than most states.

I remember seeing something on the news during the 2000 census where they said there was 1% more black people than white people.

South Carolina had more slaves than white people in the Civil War. I remember that, but I don't know much about SC.

According to the US Census Bureau Louisiana is 65.1% white, and 31.9% black.

The US in general is 80.0% white, and 12.8% black.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22000.html



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dtewi on 15 July 2009

If we're all supposed to be equal, why do we continue to notice different skin colors?



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outlawauron on 15 July 2009
Kasz216 said:
outlawauron said:
Zucas said:
But there has to be black zombies haha. I mean it's New Orleans. Wouldn't be accurate if some weren't black considering the population has a lot of black people in it.

People are just looking for areas to throw the race card. It is pathetic and silly. You only drive racism further by continuously making it a big deal. And by finding it in places where it doesn't exist... well now you are just creating tensions for no reason.

Seriously, Louisiana is, I believe, one of the only states where there are more black people than white people.

This is technically true.  Though Whites and Blacks are both outnumbered by Creoles.

Which are basically White/Black and Native American mixed.

Creoles look different from white? My family is Creole (grandfather is fluent in Cajun french) and I certainly don't look any different.

@ theRepublic

The dominant part of the white LA population comes from West and North LA. Baton Rouge and New Orleans both have more black people than white people.



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theRepublic on 15 July 2009
Lostplanet22 said:
Yesterday I saw an reportage about South Carolina (I think) who was about Two african gangs the bloods and crips (do I write it right?) who attacked the police and killed innocent white men in the 90's just because those people were not black and they also mentioned something about that their were more African Americans that *White Americans in South Carolina'.

Don't take my word on it though.

South Carolina is 68.6% white, and 28.7% black.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45000.html



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outlawauron on 15 July 2009

You wrote that skillz?



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d21lewis on 15 July 2009

Look at this rascist pic.  Black people use guns to solve all of their problems?  I only used guns to shoot a Rubik's cube four times!  Four!!  And look at the guy in the background, with his white suit!  They're trying to say black men want to be white!?  This is bullshit!!  And they just happen to be in the run down part of town?  In a zombie apocalypse, I'm going to the "rich side".

If you don't see all of the racism in this picture, then you must not be trying (or not black).  I'm black and I can find the racism in anything.

 

And, I mean ANYTHING.



theRepublic on 15 July 2009
outlawauron said:
Kasz216 said:
outlawauron said:
Zucas said:
But there has to be black zombies haha. I mean it's New Orleans. Wouldn't be accurate if some weren't black considering the population has a lot of black people in it.

People are just looking for areas to throw the race card. It is pathetic and silly. You only drive racism further by continuously making it a big deal. And by finding it in places where it doesn't exist... well now you are just creating tensions for no reason.

Seriously, Louisiana is, I believe, one of the only states where there are more black people than white people.

This is technically true.  Though Whites and Blacks are both outnumbered by Creoles.

Which are basically White/Black and Native American mixed.

Creoles look different from white? My family is Creole (grandfather is fluent in Cajun french) and I certainly don't look any different.

@ theRepublic

The dominant part of the white LA population comes from West and North LA. Baton Rouge and New Orleans both have more black people than white people.

You said Louisiana the state, not New Orleans or Baton Rouge.  I thought that needed correcting.

New Orleans: 28.1% white, 67.3% black     http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/2255000.html

Baton Rouge: 45.7% white, 50.0% black     http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/2205000.html



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