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Houston Chronicle: Is Racism Becoming a Norm in Gaming?
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-16 16:17:55 284
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Source: GamePolitics
Yesterday's edition of the Houston Chronicle's Game Hack blog ponders whether racism is becoming a norm in video game design.
Blogger Willie Jefferson expresses concern over 2009 releases "Resident Evil 5" and "Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood" as well as the in-development "Left 4 Dead 2". RE5, of course, has already been the subject of much debate over its depiction of African villagers as zombies.
Jefferson writes:
I am disturbed by the growing trend of racist undertones that are cropping up in video games.
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...
The game that really inspired this blog entry was Ubisoft's "Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood." The game starts out with players assuming the role of Ray, a Confederate officer... 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...
As a minority, had the South won, I wouldn't be in this position I am today...
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