OH NO, NOT THE RACE CARD!!!

If you've played Capcom's survival horror game Resident Evil you will know that the premise of the game is about killing zombies and the such. But there was one thing that stuck out about the undead themselves. Most of the zombies were white. From RE 1-3 you got to 'kill' (zombies are already dead) zombies in the hell hole known as Raccoon City. RE 4 spiced things up and took you from the city to some Spanish speaking country and the people arn't really dead. All is good.

Then I saw the trailer for RE 5. Oh holly hell, that looked amazing. The textures on the models look so amazing. It's almost as if there were real roting infected zombies. Well this is where the problem starts. As far as the trailer shows all the zombies are black. It doesn't help that the main protagonist is a white guy. When I noticed this I knew this won't end up good. Finally it hit the fan yesterday.

When I was doing my daily run on Kotaku.com I came across this article. Apparently this woman, Kym Platt, says that the game is marketed to children and will stir up violence against black people. As you can imagine this caused a huge uproar on Kotaku and her personal blog (which she closed comments off). It's sad when people like this woman really degrade themselves by pulling out the race card.

Right off the bat you can tell this woman isn't familiar with video games. I bet all she saw was the trailer that depicted some white guy gunning down a bunch of black people. Most likely than not, she hasn't even heard of the series before this title.

Also what is made clear by this woman's statement is that she has clearly never heard of the ESRB. The Resident Evil series has always been an "M" rated game. Anyone who is familiar with the game rating system knows that "M" rated games are for people 17 and older. If a young child does get a hold of this then most likely their parents purchased the game for them.

As an Afro-American female who's parents are from Caribbean I think RE5 is a great step forward. I think it's great that Capcom choosing this setting. The whole premis of zombies originated in Caribbean folkore and cuture. It brings zombies back to their origin.

This comment in reply to the backlash really sent my blood boiling.
"Yes… I am more comfortable with the zombies being white. In fact, ALL zombies should be white from this day forth."

People like this really put our race to shame. I for one can feel that black people can be as racist as white people. Dude, it's just a game.