It’s also funny that people are generalizing Africa so much, even though Africa is probably the most diverse continent (not country, people) next to Asia, if not more so. There’s countries like Egypt and South Africa and spots like Sudan and Rwanda. There’s good and bad, just like any other continent. But I think it all goes back to how white people view “Africa” and their fear of it.

As a matter of fact, I find it weird that they’ve had hardly any black character models in the almost 12 or 13 years that this game franchise has been out.

Why the hell is it so racist anyway? Its like people think black zombies wouldn’t try to murder people and look scary at the same time.

I still think there is a huge amount of racism out there but I’m sorry I just can’t agree with the anti-RE5 people on this one…

They’re zombies. The only people that find offense to this are people who take a short glance at this game and immediately draw conclusions about it.

It’s set in Africa. There are bound to be black people. Should they all be white zombies instead? And what if the protagonist was a black man? Would that be racist too? If so, Night of the Living Dead wasn’t black empowering, it was racist against caucasians.

However… I’d like to congradulate you on keeping your thoughts organized and presenting some actually valid points, such as the history of black stereotypes (that one actually made me stop for a bit). I’d also like to thank you for being NOT like the Black Looks.com blog, by which I mean making conclusions about a game you’ve never played, stereotyping gamers (and if you look at the follow up post for that blog, you’ll see it), and overall just flashing the race card as an attempt to get noteriety.

So, seriously, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU FOR MAKING A VALID POINT AND NOT JUST THROWING THE RACE IDEA OUT THERE AND EXPECTING PEOPLE TO AUTOMATTICALLY AGREE!

Reply if you’d like. :)

I remember playing this game with a smile on my face, I was an angry black man murdering countless white cops. I’m white, and I enjoyed it. fancy that!

Are you saying that one simple game is going to change everyone’s views on Africa. I am unsure if you have played Resident Evil 4, but most of the Spanish people were unable to control their actions against the white protagonist. It’s simply ludicrous that you have to change a fun Resident Evil game into an entirely racist issue.

When their were white zombies was anyone insulted or worried about the fact that those images would change the face of the white man? Was anyone really concerned that people would look at us with disgust merely because there was a video game where you killed people of the same skin color!?

No!

It’s completely irrelevant! Perhaps you are trying to convince game companies that it’s simply to dangerous to produce a game set in Africa because it will piss to many people off.

“the Spanish haven’t been so egregiously misrepresented as blacks through the ages, have they? Not even close.”

OK so, if a race has been misrepresented in the past that means we can no longer use that race for violent media purposes? Doesn’t that seem like a pretty big claim? Sounds like censorship to me.

After all black people are such power hungry, brutish, incarnations of pure violence aren’t they? Especially Jimi Hendrix, Martin Luther King Jr., and Bob Marley. Not that I am saying 3 people provide a getaway excuse for an entire race. They are merely larger portions of media than a simple video game.

Please don’t make good video games go away angry black man, I love them so.