If you enter a thread about racism and parade your ignorance, what the hell do you expect?
That occurs a lot online. But that happens when you are so culturally isolated and dominant at the same time. Most countries know a lot about the US but the US only knows little about other countries in comparison.
It is okay to ask questions in a forum. And if you don't like it, ignore it. Being a condescending asshole to someone who wants to know more is not helpful and derails the discussion as it did with this thread.
Ah huh
Yes an what is thats suppose to change here?
You do? As a german that is suprising to me. I would have never heard of it if it wasn't for the internet.
What is wrong with being critical of the media you consume? The way you've worded it, people are supposedly only complaining. That's not true. There's been plenty of good representation, and people rave about it all the time. When things end up like this, people complain about it. I don't think it's so weird. I think the CTR team just made a mistake, people are pointing it out because it looks pretty damn bad and I'm sure they'll correct it when they realize how (accidentally) bad it looks.
Really, I think if you ask about this topic on a big Dutch gaming forum like Budgetgaming or inside gamers maybe 2% of the people know about this subject
I'm German and knew about this because the internet is a thing... that exists.
Me neither until maybe one or two years ago when I saw a YouTube video where a colored guy was making some kind of joke that he loves watermelons and I didn't get it until I realized he was purposely deliver on a stereotype that was explained later somewhere (comment section I think).
Yes it has, but most people who say they have not heard of it are not part of a concpiracy to downplay it. They just haven't heard of it. The developers don't really have an excuse since they have approval processes in place, but why are we trying to call out random people from around the world for not knowing about it, especially since it's not all that prevalent in pop culture for younger people?
Just want to add that, as you said yourself, it's not just an American issue since it degrades black-skinned people and there's no other way around it. However, this stereotype acknowledgement is particularly easy for Americans to recognize and understand, but it isn't necessarily that simple outside the Americas. I have 3 friends (who play the game), all black-skinned, who had no idea about this issue before reading the wiki page mentioned above, and therefore weren't offended by it initially, although now they do recognize the issue and have their opinions about it.
Yeah it's not really a thing in Finland, of course some people are still aware of it. Like myself since I have consumed a lot of media from the US, especially race/racism related even on a young age. And at one point in my life I got a chuckle out of all kind of offensive memes, so the stereotype was used in those a lot too.
As for the developers not catching it, it's very possible if not even likely the character isn't considered a black person so there is no racist connotation in the devs minds. If I was playing the game and saw that skin, even though I'm aware of the stereotype, I would just connect the name with the watermelon themed shirt rather than the shade of her fur. Especially as the game has other similar skins and names, even specifically another watermelon skin. There's no apparent reason for me to think the inclusion of Watermelon Tawna would be racist, to my understanding anthropomorphic animals or other non-human characters aren't generally considered as race representation.
Yeah, I would highly doubt they they intended to put racist jokes in their game. They are a business and are probably not interested in committing suicide.
The notion that this could come from actual racism rather than ignorance is kind of insane. As you said, it would be suicide, and for what.
Eh, no? Netherlands here too and this stereotype is something only known by people because of dumb 4chan memes, same as with the chicken stereotype. This really isn't as widely known as some people in this thread act like it is.
