The Race Card Returns

Ron White once said, "You can't fix stupid." I believe this to be true on so many levels. I'm revisiting my little rant on the "racism" in Capcom's zombie (or infected persons) shoot-em-up Resident Evil 5. I was browsing through Kotaku this evening when I came across this article. It seems that some of my fellow brethren of color can't get over a the "genocide" in RE5.

If there's one thing that pisses me of its people acting self righteous. Reading some of the comments to this article I found it quite amusing how some of the individuals claiming that RE5 is racist can't find a valid reason for their argument. If your going to make an accusation you better have all you cards on the table and make sure your facts are correct.

I for one am all for diversity in games. Still, as a race we shouldn't too choosy on how we want to be represented. Next to no one was complaining when light colored zombies were being killed. At least there seems to be a African female lead in this game.

I showed my dad the trailer in question. The first phrase that came out of him was that it was "gory". I then probed him and asked if he found this offensive in any way. He said that the imagery being presented wasn't offensive to him personally. Still, he did say he can see how people could warp what was being shown.

Whenever the hot button of race comes to play someone manage to rear their ugly little head and says something that is actually racist. I was browsing some of the comments on YouTube that were less than pleasant. I swear the internet transforms people into bumbling idiots at times. Comments like those really shed a really bad light for us in the gaming community.

Will this whole race card thing follow RE5 till it's release and beyond? I guess we'll have to wait and see.