Comments on: 15th Erase Racism Carnival http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html black looks Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: MorteAosPretos http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62909 MorteAosPretos Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:12:04 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62909 FUCK OFF AND DIE! PRETOS DO CARALHO! FUCK OFF AND DIE!
PRETOS DO CARALHO!

]]> By: anonym http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62905 anonym Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:41:16 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62905 HEHE... a really "white game"... check it out dudes (laugh): http://farawaystudios.com/ HEHE… a really “white game”… check it out dudes (laugh):

http://farawaystudios.com/

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62902 Anonymous Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:01:08 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62902 This is by far the best way to get exposure to your blog. I give you congratulations on being incredibly racist while preaching equality. Good job. Don't be a little attention whore. This is by far the best way to get exposure to your blog.

I give you congratulations on being incredibly racist while preaching equality.

Good job. Don’t be a little attention whore.

]]> By: George http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62900 George Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:55:48 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62900 Where is the retraction for your ridiculous Resident Evil 5 story, please? Or at least an update acknowledging that you got it totally wrong. Have some accountability, please. Where is the retraction for your ridiculous Resident Evil 5 story, please? Or at least an update acknowledging that you got it totally wrong. Have some accountability, please.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62851 Aaron Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:25:27 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/15th_erase_racism_carnival.html#comment-62851 Hello. I really appreciate what your blog is about as I am a rare Texas Liberal and I actively campaign for equal rights with several college groups. The comments were closed on the Resident Evil 5 post, but I wanted to make sure you guys got some information on this as I noticed some mistakes in your post, and I think it hurts activism when we appear to become angry about things we don't understand. 1. Resident Evil 5 is a Mature game that is only sold to adults. Children are not allowed to buy Mature games and parents are warned about game ratings on every game sold in the United States with an overall rating for age and descriptions of the mature content (like movies, but with MUCH bigger boxes than on movies). 2. Resident Evil is a game about members of a special police force traveling around the world to fight off cases of bioterrorism. The people they fight use viruses to take over populations and turn them into mindless zombies that attack one another. 3. These games have been set in many locations and have mostly had "white" zombies, but the most recent was set in Spain, so the zombies were Spanish. However, the zombies are clearly the victims here and that is one of the draws of the game. You feel empathy for the zombies - the good people destroyed by the virus and turned into monsters. 4. There are always helpful characters that are strong positive role-models in the game. In Resident Evil 4, there was a very good and self-sacrificing Spaniard who played a major role in the game's story. I do not doubt that there will be at least one black character who has somehow escaped infection and who plays a vital role in resolving the problems the player faces in the game. There still may be a case for saying that this is bad because of the fact that it does not display Africa in a positive light as a growing, prospering content that is moving out of 3rd world status, but I think that the reactions posted in the blog were not well informed and will result in accusations of being alarmists. I'm not certain that the game will cause any problems in creating a negative world view of Africa. . . I think most people can separate fiction from reality and it may be that parts of the game are set in highly developed areas of Africa. However, I am certain that this game is not intended to create hate towards black people. Hello. I really appreciate what your blog is about as I am a rare Texas Liberal and I actively campaign for equal rights with several college groups.

The comments were closed on the Resident Evil 5 post, but I wanted to make sure you guys got some information on this as I noticed some mistakes in your post, and I think it hurts activism when we appear to become angry about things we don’t understand.

1. Resident Evil 5 is a Mature game that is only sold to adults. Children are not allowed to buy Mature games and parents are warned about game ratings on every game sold in the United States with an overall rating for age and descriptions of the mature content (like movies, but with MUCH bigger boxes than on movies).

2. Resident Evil is a game about members of a special police force traveling around the world to fight off cases of bioterrorism. The people they fight use viruses to take over populations and turn them into mindless zombies that attack one another.

3. These games have been set in many locations and have mostly had “white” zombies, but the most recent was set in Spain, so the zombies were Spanish. However, the zombies are clearly the victims here and that is one of the draws of the game. You feel empathy for the zombies - the good people destroyed by the virus and turned into monsters.

4. There are always helpful characters that are strong positive role-models in the game. In Resident Evil 4, there was a very good and self-sacrificing Spaniard who played a major role in the game’s story. I do not doubt that there will be at least one black character who has somehow escaped infection and who plays a vital role in resolving the problems the player faces in the game.

There still may be a case for saying that this is bad because of the fact that it does not display Africa in a positive light as a growing, prospering content that is moving out of 3rd world status, but I think that the reactions posted in the blog were not well informed and will result in accusations of being alarmists.

I’m not certain that the game will cause any problems in creating a negative world view of Africa. . . I think most people can separate fiction from reality and it may be that parts of the game are set in highly developed areas of Africa.

However, I am certain that this game is not intended to create hate towards black people.

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