Forget Racism, Capcom’s Resident Evil Franchise Is Biased Against Dead People
by Chad Lakkis on August 2, 2007 at 12:23 am
Forget about the accusations of racism being made against Capcom’s Resident Evil 5, at least the offended living black people can defend themselves. What about the countless dead people that have been made a mockery of in every itteration of the game thus far?
They lay there, in peace (or pieces) just minding their own business, while the heartless crew over at Capcom thinks up new ways to portray them as evil beings full of life. It’s not only insulting, it’s flat out unrealistic.
Have you ever tried to wiggle your foot after it has fallen asleep? Now imagine trying to move your foot after you died. Not gonna happen, because dead people can’t move. Of course Capcom will claim that this was an oversight on their part, but we know the truth. They are out to make dead people look bad.
We decided to cut through all the BS and ask a few stiffs what they thought of the situation at hand. When asked about being portrayed as an evil individual who mindlessly tries to kill other humans in the Resident Evil franchise, dead person number one said … you guessed it, DP numero uno took the high road and declined to comment. When asked what color she originally was before biting the big one, DP2 kept her lips sealed as well. These two reeked of class and well … lets just leave it at class.
In closing, it is pretty obvious that the upset masses are focusing on the wrong issue here. The question is not what color was the skin on that dead person, it’s why the heck is he or she walking … aren’t they supposed to be dead? Get it together Capcom, gamers will not stand for these types of blatant inaccuracies in their games any longer.
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on August 2, 2007 1:37 am
RIP whoever wrote this Oo
on August 2, 2007 1:38 am
I find your article very disturbing. I dont think it’s amusing to be making light of race issues. Some people feel very strongly about racial insults and discrimination(real or imaginary). I personaly have plaid the RE game saga and would have to say that I have enjoyed it as much as anyone else, but when I saw the trailer to RE5 I have to admite that there was a weird gut feeling saying something was wrong. Maybe it the way it hard to tell the differance between the Zombies and the rest of the african populations. I don’t know but what I do know is that RASISM IS NOT FUNNY!!!
on August 2, 2007 2:09 am
Dude, you are awesome.
on August 2, 2007 2:23 am
I Find This article to point out just how ridiculous this whole issue is. In reality any game (or Movie or Book for that matter) in any genre from any generation could be considered racist or sexist or even “zombie-ist”. Every once in a while some naive person goes and starts complaining and gets the whole world riled up. Is guitar Hero sexist because when its a girl vocalist in the song they switch the model out to a female? No, the situation calls for it. If RE5 was set in the mid-west like the first 3 were is it racist that most of the characters be white? No, It makes sense for the situation. Capcom decided to show off the new generation technology with someplace new and bright and dirty. A small village such as is shown is a perfect place to do so. If the rumour is true and it is set in Haiti then it only makes sense that they be mostly if not all dark skinned. Does anyone even know the real reasons anyone has different colored skin in the first place? Because its a form of evolution to adapt to the climate. So certain colors of skin are more prominent in certain climates. And it just so happens that dark skin ends up being more prominent in Haiti. Even if it ends up not being Haiti, I highly doubt its anywhere like Scotland because that wouldn’t make sense to anyone in regard to what we saw in the trailer.
ok Im done with this pointless rant.
Racism only exists to other racists.
on August 2, 2007 2:33 am
forgot to add this little snippet. why can’t it just be a guy killing zombies? Anyone who views it as anything other than that is racist themselves. It doesn’t matter what color they are, how un zombie they look (with better technology its more interesting to show zombie traits in far more subtle ways anyway), or anything else. A Zombie needs to be dealt with.
on August 2, 2007 7:52 am
well done cameron! finally someone else understands! some people are out to say that people are racist at every opportunity - and thats just plain wrong!
on August 2, 2007 9:47 am
Yeah this is getting out of hand. So just because i’m Mexican and speak should i be upset about RE4. No, I acctuallt liked that the bad people spoke spanish in the game because unlike a lot of people i understood what they were saying. People need to pull out there weggies.
on August 2, 2007 10:17 am
LMAO i loved it.. you guys should stop getting so angry about race.. im hispanic and it annoys me to see an african american treated exactly like a white person when they get pulled over yet they call it racism.. its not racism its doing 60 in a 35 lolz i understand completely where he is coming from and i think he’z right
on August 2, 2007 12:27 pm
@Cameron
“Racism only exists to other racists.”
That quote right there is so true.
I commend you for your posts and agree 100%
on August 2, 2007 1:21 pm
what a joke….,,It’s not only insulting, it’s flat out unrealistic,,…video games are built on Imagination so as the movies….without it there would be nothing fun to see..+ from what I can see I guess u haven’t seen the Resident Evil or any movie in ur life…..
((in REs movie they said that the Virus makes the host move even after death & search for the first need…food..not love not bed & not money…FOOOOOOOOOOOD))
& if u think about it the virus don’t help thinking or even heart beats….it just uses the host as a weapon….so just zip it cuz u can’t sue Capcom for ur lake of imagination.
on August 2, 2007 3:28 pm
Awesome article ;) Long live the author :D
on August 2, 2007 8:11 pm
@David: In a lot of cases, racism is only an issue because people make it one. This is just a game that takes place in this particular part of the world. It has nothing to do with racism. If people actually did their homework on the game before whining about it being racist, they’d realize the storyline isn’t racist at all. It’s actually quite intriguing. In the prior RE games, there was plenty of white STARS members killing white zombies, but did anyone complain then? Of course not, because it’s OK if whites kill each other, right? Too many blacks and the like pull this racism card far too often in matters that have nothing to do with racism. All I can say is slavery ended long ago, so get the fuck over it already.
on August 2, 2007 9:51 pm
@ david
you’re dumb.
on August 2, 2007 10:28 pm
This is getting way out of hand. If a game took place in an asian town and the game was about like an asian mafia or something should the characters be expected to be white. The trailer for RE5 happened to have an african boy turn into a zombie. This doesn’t mean that we should shoot all africans, it means that in the context of this game if you come accross an african, american, asian, hispanic, european, etc. person that is trying to eat you brains then you need to shoot them in the head.
Lets think back to GTA San Andreas. What that game racist. The main charecter was african-american and he killed people. Does that mean that all african americans (martain luther king, barak Obama, etc.) are murderers? No! It means that the character in the game is a murderer.
on August 3, 2007 12:51 am
This thing is gettin out of hand about this racist shit, is true wat they say, racism only exists to the racist, Im african american maself , n this didnt offned me in no way shape or form, so why all this crap about it being racist as soon as it have anything to do with black people ? im so tired of these Racist african american themselves that starts this as soon as it have anything to do with blacks…RE4 was all spanish and there was no racism called on that one, and the person that post this article or whatever is really silly and that crap made no sense, cut your racist crap out, you racist your damn self…
on August 3, 2007 2:37 pm
I’d like to take a moment to write a small nibblet from an interview I conducted with a Zombie earlier this month (July) about the Resident evil: Racist, or entertainment?
Reno: So, mr… i’m sorry, what was your name?
Zombie: Gruhhh…
Reno: Mr. Gruhhh, sorry about that. How -do- you feel on the issue?
Zombie: Braaiiinss…
Reno: dear god! get off me!
Unforutnately before the interview was completed, Mr. Gruhhh the zombie had to be put down for attempting to maul several onlookers.
And the issue is not the living vs the dead… It’s the living versus freaking zombies!
The Zombie survival handguide
World War Z
both by Max Brooks.
These will tell the world the truth of zombies (note: not dead people)
Great articles, and great views from all posters. And please stop calling people stupid for their own views.
“Racism can only end with Equality and understanding. not white power, not black power. -Equality-”
on August 4, 2007 11:34 pm
@those 3 who posted:
Racism only exists to other racists.
Cameron on August 2, 2007 2:23 am
Ales on August 2, 2007 12:27 pm
Shaun W. on August 3, 2007 12:51 am
…Racism only exists to other racists…
Man you three are real sad bunch.
Let me ask you somthing, the 5 million jews who lost their lives during the 2nd WW at the hands of the MOTHER OF ALL RACIST or the blacks in Sout Africa who were beaten, raped and killed by the then apartheid goverment were they a buch of rasists? Because beleive me racism EXISTED to them.
Oh what this your saying ” but that was then and this is now were in 2007″. Rasism Still Exists and in some places on a massive scale look a the Sudan.
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Jason on August 2, 2007 8:11 pm
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gary on August 2, 2007 9:51 pm
Jason you have an interesting point.
Gary …
As I stated in my previous post I plaid the RE games(and quite enjoyd it) so I know what there about and NO. White killing White is not ok. Any colour killing any colour is wrong. but thats not the point is it?
The point I was trying to make is that this trailer is being show on telivision set all around the globe and the way the film is cut makes it real hard to tell who is zombie and who aint.
And the fact that some people are taking offence because they feel that the tv ad has a racial conotation is no laughing matter.
on August 6, 2007 2:11 am
Here’s something to think about. I agree with you on what you’ve brought up. Racism exists. No one’s saying it doesn’t. There are certain things that can without a doubt be dubbed ‘racist’ It can be seen by everyone. Racism can be seen by it’s victims. It can be seen, heard, felt, and it can even hurt and kill. But there have been groups in the past who have pledged to stop racism. By being racist themselves. I myself, even being white have faced racism when I was in school -and- at the same time being called a racist because I was white. Now before anyone accuses me of stereotyping. I’m not saying everyone who’s stood against racism is racist. But prominant figures for “Racial Equality” demand special treatment. They wish only to be on the other end of the stick, and that is human nature. The messages that others have posted on this board are true to their owners statement. But have all been taken out of context, because the context of the issue has not been viewed properly. If anyone can tell me, In the Resident Evil series (every game, from 0 to five, outbreak, remakes what have you) when has there ever been a point, where the main character has not killed in self defense from either a zombie, or a human enemy who has actively tried to kill the player. Some might view, Chris Redfield, a white man in what looks to be possibly haiti, and african nation, or another location with a primarily black population, -killing- indiscriminately an act of racism. But I would be pretty sure, and willing to bet money that he’s not killing anyone who hasn’t been infected with some new virus.
At the end of this long winded post, I will say this as as Bhuddist.
You are allowed your views and beliefs. I’m not writing to change them or discourage you from making them, I’m simply writing to give you another point of view, and to hopefully add some context to this particular event.
on March 16, 2008 5:16 am
all the series of resident evil games should be on PS2
series