Comments on: Resident Evil 5 and Racism in Video Games

By: LaTavia

LaTavia — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:53:57 +0000

1. THEY ARE AFRICANS NOT BLACKS THATS A COLOR NOT A RACE! UGH 2. I DONT FIND THIS GAME RACIST ME BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN,CAUCASIAN,AND NATIVE INDIAN WOMAN. 3. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE AFRICAN/AMERICAN GOOD GUYS TOO THOUGH! LOVE RESIDENT EVIL THE GAMES AND MOVIES! :)

By: Ahomlandisher

Ahomlandisher — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:36:27 +0000

this is wrong, RE5 is NOT RACIST, whoever thinks it RE5 is, is actually racist himself. Why on earth did anybody NOT complain about shooting white zombies, the only difference in RE5 is that this time its in Africa, generally an area of black people, white zombies are as bad to kill as a black zombie would, start thinking more racists!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:09:42 +0000

HUMANS KILL ZOMBIEZ WHITE BLACK RED GREEN YELLOW DONT MATTER HUMANS KILL ZOMBIES OK GAME NOT RACIST AND WHO EVER THINKS IT IS DONT PLAY THE GAME

By: Dylan Pogust

Dylan Pogust — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:01:50 +0000

native Africans where t shirts, and drive cars (if they have one). just because they are native, it doesn’t mean they need to be stereotypes

By: Dylan Pogust

Dylan Pogust — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:57:57 +0000

being from spain is not a race, those people were white, which makes race not a playable card in this game

By: Dylan Pogust

Dylan Pogust — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:54:48 +0000

whight?

By: Dylan Pogust

Dylan Pogust — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:49:19 +0000

i think all 4 games are SOMEWHAT (qualifier) racist, in every other zombie game i’ve played (house of the dead, left 4 dead) they have mixed up the races of who you’re shooting. in protoype it’s the same deal. but in these games there are no other races in the games.

By: Dylan Pogust

Dylan Pogust — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:43:48 +0000

i must admit, you are kind of right. but at the same time, the other 4 games didn’t take place in anywhere specific. and even though it does take place in africa, why not have mixed races? they do it in left 4 dead

By: y?

y? — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:23:47 +0000

You think your comment is a laughing matter?

By: Ljb

Ljb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:20:22 +0000

Completely agree with the majority of the posts I see here. This game is not at all racist; you only fire at the African locals because they are infected. Hey, article writer,if you were ever in this situation in RL tell me you wouldn’t shoot the infected people. “Hey guys, I know you’re going to eat me, but shooting you is racist so I can’t stop it.”

Not to mention the fact that in all the other Resident Evils people of other races were being shot. But that’s ok right? Apparently so because people didn’t cry like you did.

The only racism I see here is the article writer singling out Africans in the game. This is a story about surviving a virus outbreak, set in Africa, so expect Africans to be involved and get over yourself.