RE5, racist?

[A Black Falcon]

Firstly, it's odd no one seemed to notice this in RE4.

In RE4 the enemies weren't black. It makes a difference for historical reasons that go back 400 or 500 years, you know.

In this game? It seems pretty clear that the critics who say that RE5 looks at least somewhat racist have a very good point. I can't see a game like that being developed, much less released, in the US.

... Of course, there are things like that despicable NY Post cartoon today that try to prove that wrong so who knows, but... well, something like that shouldn't be made anywhere, ever. The same applies to blatant racism like RE5... whether intentional or not (it could be either way, probably), it's there and they should have known better.

. Secondly, I'm not sure how much of a problem racism is in Japan, at least compared to xenophobia.

Given how few non-Japanese people there are in Japan, awareness of the issue is definitely lower, no question.