18th February 2009, 10:27 AM
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Firstly, it's odd no one seemed to notice this in RE4. Secondly, I'm not sure how much of a problem racism is in Japan, at least compared to xenophobia. At any rate, I at least recognize that Africa is the "setting" where the original zombie story came from, and wouldn't you know it, a lot of people are black there. That doesn't help too much to cover up the sting of seeing an upstanding white guy shooting down the savage blackie though, considering certain... historic precedent.
At least there's also savage white people thrown in the mix now.
Robot and mantis shall never dwell together in peace...
Firstly, it's odd no one seemed to notice this in RE4. Secondly, I'm not sure how much of a problem racism is in Japan, at least compared to xenophobia. At any rate, I at least recognize that Africa is the "setting" where the original zombie story came from, and wouldn't you know it, a lot of people are black there. That doesn't help too much to cover up the sting of seeing an upstanding white guy shooting down the savage blackie though, considering certain... historic precedent.
At least there's also savage white people thrown in the mix now.
Robot and mantis shall never dwell together in peace...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)