Regulator adds that black characters are not to be unexpected in a game set in Africa
UK ratings body the BBFC has rubbished the persistent claims that Capcom’s upcoming next-gen survival horror title Resident Evil 5 contains scenes of racism.
Kikizo contacted the organisation regarding a scene where a white blonde woman is seen being dragged by the hair by one of the native zombified residents of the game.
“In the version of the scene submitted to the BBFC there is only one man pulling the blonde woman in from the balcony, and I can't say the skimpiness of her dress impressed itself on me,” the BBFC’s head of communications Sue Clark stated.
“As the whole game is set in Africa it is hardly surprising that some of the characters are black, just like the fact that some of the characters in an earlier version were Spanish as the game was set in Spain.
“We do take racism very seriously, but in this case there is no issue around racism.”
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Clark added that “the BBFC would not automatically cut a work for racism – we would normally give a work a higher rating to take it away from younger consumers who might not understand the issues surrounding racist remarks or attitudes”, though as the game is a cut-and-dry 18 already that did not enter into the equation.
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Hooray!
Common sense prevails!
Seriously, I thought it was silly that people were accusing Capcom of racism. If the game would have been set in Africa but featured, say...Russian zombies, people would have complained that it was stupid. Apparently if you put a black person in Africa, you're racist.
*rolls eyes*
Re: Hooray!
Retro 3000 what you may have missed in the who outrage with this and the racism view towards capcom was that when the footage came out it showed all the black people as just really dark people. And the opinion was that Capcom were promoting and had no understanding that not all black people look completely the same, there are different skin tone complexions of black people, so the argument was completely understandable.
Re: Re: Hooray!
Seriously?? Skin complexion makes it understandable? Thats the dumbest **** i ever heard.
BBFC For Prime Minister
Finally common sense in a non-sensical world! As our friend Clint said the other day we are steps away from being afraid to include a black or white victim in a game or film if the aggressor is of another race. If you are in Africa there is a HIGH chance of running into black civillians/zombie types. Also didn't the whole mythos of zombie come from Africa? Anyway I for one am all for equality. What I would really like to know is where the hell is the homosexual characters/zombies? Why do they always seem to be hetrosexual????
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