Get your racial agenda out of my video games!

I usually avoid topics like race, creed, and sex when it comes to “equal rights.” In my mind, the easiest way to fix the issue is to well, ignore people’s race, creed, and sex. I guess those things never really mattered to me. And I avoid the topics because I find them ridiculous in most facets. Where some people see racism and horrendous acts similar to lynching, I see an event, one not even necessarily real. Such is the case with the Resident Evil 5 trailer.

Before I get to the main topic, let me first give you a brief synopsis of the games story. Someone has found a parasite that infects a host, and as it grows, it makes the host more and more susceptible to the commands of someone who has a thing, I am not sure of the details, that part is never really explained. Something to do with the human equivalent of a dog whistle, I think. Anyway, this makes the host have many zombie-like characteristics, but they are not undead, so they are not technically zombies. I have grown fond of calling them as such. “Not Zombies.”

Anyway, the latest in the series has a character from a previous game, Chris Redfield(or some shit) coming into a town in Africa and fighting these not zombies. The game looks much like it will play very similarly to RE4. Anyway, back to the point.

http://tinyurl.com/2apanx

Some overly sensitive nut job has officially taken the crown for overly sensitive nut job Queen. She has taken serious issue with “the killing of Black people by a white man in military clothing.” Whoa now. See, this is a direct quote from her page. I just want to point out something that may or may not have any bearing on my point before I get to the real meat of this post. Notice that “Black” is capitalized, while “white” is not. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

See, she has no idea that this is the fifth main installment of Resident Evil. There have been close to a dozen games so far, and this is the first time the zombies have been black. The rest of the time, the zombies have been white, (save for the Spaniards in the beginning of RE4). I’d say blacks are getting off pretty easy if anything.

But that’s the problem, isn’t it? We have to talk about who is what color. I mean, it stands to reason that if the game is set in Africa, the people there would be black. Or does the author simply want us to ignore Africa and black people all together? Is that what people need to do to get rid of racism? Because that, my dear readers, is not only offensive to myself and people like me who don’t fear or hate people because of their skin color, it is also fucking retarded.

These stupid posts are the reason for racism. I feel that needs clarification. The reason that stupid racist crap exists in our nation, a nation which wholly endorses people of mixed races (or gives those who are not white an advantage, depending on whose side your on), is that we are so afraid of being considered racist, that we try and block out all knowledge of other people. And not necessarily in the way that I discussed earlier, but in a way that is foul. Sidestepping the race entirely, pretending they do not exist. So, with that fear instilled in people, whenever they see race, it’s immediately wrong. It’s ignorance, plain and simple.

The reason we have people like this, is quite simple. Other people, probably their parents or other authority figures, instilled this idea that anytime a black person is portrayed as evil, it’s racism. She can’t even begin to grasp that maybe, just maybe, the 300 Japanese people working on this game don’t give a shit about who the zombies are. That this wasn’t on purpose to hurt the black community. It seems to be beyond her comprehension.

Another of her quotes really gets me angry. “..the fact that this video game is marketed to children and young adults. Start them young… fearing, hating, and destroying Black people.” Really? Fucking really? First, young people huh? A game rated M, the equivalent of “R” in movies, is targeted towards youth? Suppose the rating system didn’t even exist. Does she think that a game about blowing the heads off zombies with a 9mm is for kids? Like 8 year olds?

And again, it’s only logical that a game that takes place in Africa would have black people in it. I don’t really think that the player will think of this as “destroying” (not killing mind you, destroying) black people. I would even doubt that their color will be brought up in the game at all. The player will only be concerned with one thing; Killing those Goddamned not zombies. We (as gamers) aren’t going to be thinking “Oh shit! A nigger! Shoot it! Shoot it!” We will, however, be thinking “Oh fuck, not zombies are after me! Run the fuck away and then fire. Shit…I’m out of ammo. Shit. Shit. Shit.” I’m almost certain the idea that they are black won’t even cross our minds. We will be too busy having fun.

We, as a nation, spend too much time on this shit. Why do we even need to worry about it? Thinking about skin color only further separates us as people. Acting like you are the poor and impoverished only further places you in that group. Not to mention that people who hear you, will be more likely to believe that it’s true. Making your statement a self- fulfilling prophecy. Grow some balls, and realize that sometimes, the bad guy will be black. And don’t take it personally. They aren’t evil because they are black, they are evil because they are not quite zombies, and they happen to be black. It’s almost racist that it’s taken this long for the villains to be black.

Worrying about who we will offend is seriously only going to make racism worse. This takes away from actually racial issues in the world. Ones that are important, ones that actually have an affect on you. Actual hate, and fear, and destruction. You are cheapening these events when you pull some bullshit like this and want to scream “foul!” The more we look around and point, and say “Hey look! There’s racism over there!” the more there will be. Unless we just act like black people are just that, people, we will always be aware of the differences. And isn’t that what racism is anyway? Pointing out that you are different than me?

Now, I’m not saying that from this point onwards, all zombies or villains should be black, or anything like that, but I am saying that it’s not an issue if they are black on occasion. I mean, I never complained about white guys being killed before. Why is it suddenly a race thing? I could just as easily bitch and moan about every other game that’s even been made where the bad guy is white. Fuck, I could say that as a human, I am offended that humans are portrayed as bad.

Oh, and the biggest, most important reason this is not racism; It’s a video game. It’s just for fun.

I think that’s enough Whiskey Tango Foxtrot for today. Until Monday!

with your strict machine...