Is this racist?

[anonymau5]

Originally Posted by voodoohandbag

And Scottish. The next protagonist should be Scottish, dammit!

Not really. Americans don't seem to be good with British voices.

I think we need a real Scottish person as the protagonist! That would be awesome.

[Zombiedude101]

I don't really give a shit about the race of the character so long as they're someone I can actually relate to/believe.

[John W.]

Originally Posted by anonymau5

I think we need a real Scottish person as the protagonist! That would be awesome.

A black Scotsman.

My God it would break so many molds.

[anonymau5]

Originally Posted by John W.

A black Scotsman.

My God it would break so many molds.

A black homosexual female Scotsman. Or Scotswoman...

[Zombiedude101]

Originally Posted by anonymau5

I think we need a real Scottish person as the protagonist! That would be awesome.

problem solved

he's black and he's scottish

happy now?

[voodoohandbag]

Originally Posted by anonymau5

I think we need a real Scottish person as the protagonist! That would be awesome.

Scottish AND female. I am expecting a call from Telltale any day now

[John W.]

Originally Posted by Zombiedude101

problem solved

he's black and he's scottish

happy now?

aye

[Zombiedude101]

A female protagonist wouldn't be too bad, actually. Though I wonder how anyone could beat Lee's backstory. Or how he started the game.

[Eric Northman]

Originally Posted by JByrne

This is why people claiming colour blindness is problematic; because you are essentially ignoring a very real problem. It won't get solved until people acknowledge the problem is there and actually put pressure on companies to change.

The other day fox was advertising for spanish language shows in the middle of Kitchen Nightmares (an english language show for those that aren't familiar with it), change is coming faster than you think. Hispanics make up the majority where I live, and I was treated like crap by the mexican kids I went to school with (they likely learned it from their parents, as that kind of garbage usually begins at home). You can take it to the bank when I tell you that I have never received an ounce of preferencial treatment for having white skin.

[Doctanian]

Originally Posted by Eric Northman

The other day fox was advertising for spanish language shows in the middle of Kitchen Nightmares (an english language show for those that aren't familiar with it), change is coming faster than you think. Hispanics make up the majority where I live, and I was treated like crap by the mexican kids I went to school with (they likely learned it from their parents, as that kind of garbage usually begins at home). You can take it to the bank when I tell you that I have never received an ounce of preferencial treatment for having white skin.

Fox? As in FoxNews?

There's your problem right there.

[Eric Northman]

Originally Posted by Doctanian

Fox? As in FoxNews?

There's your problem right there.

Fox, news? Not a chance, that's not a news channel, it's a propaganda machine for the right wing conservative agenda. I was watching the Fox channel that shows Family Guy and American Dad. You've never heard of Kitchen Nightmares? The show where world famous Chef Gordon Ramsay goes into failing restaraunts and fixes all of their problems. Also, I wasn't aware that I had a problem, but thanks for letting me know what it is

[Tyrant]

Those restaurants mostly go out of business afterward.

[Eric Northman]

Originally Posted by Tyrant

Those restaurants mostly go out of business afterward.

Not mostly, but yes sometimes. They were on there last legs before he ever showed up anyways, most couldn't have kept their doors open for more than another month or two.

[K0t0]

Dude, TC, this is the FIRST thing that went through my head.

I really really REALLY dont want to have to play as some obnoxious white godfearing yank in season 2. No doubt many yanks didnt want to touch this game because you play as a man of african descent protecting an asian.

@Eric
You do have a problem if you literally enjoy family guy....which IS fox.

[Eric Northman]

Originally Posted by K0t0

Dude, TC, this is the FIRST thing that went through my head.

I really really REALLY dont want to have to play as some obnoxious white godfearing yank in season 2. No doubt many yanks didnt want to touch this game because you play as a man of african descent protecting an asian.

@Eric
You do have a problem if you literally enjoy family guy....which IS fox.

1) Clementine isn't asian.
2) You are a bit obnoxious yourself.
3) I said it's on Fox, I'm drawing a distinction between Fox and Fox News.
4) Family Guy is witty and insightful, if you are from a foreign country, then I don't expect you to get it. I don't find British humor to be very funny, either.

Have a nice day

[Sox&Rocks22]

No I don't think its racist to want more diverse leads in games. In fact I'd say its the oppisite and I totally agree with you.

[K0t0]

Originally Posted by Eric Northman

1) Clementine isn't asian.
2) You are a bit obnoxious yourself.
3) I said it's on Fox, I'm drawing a distinction between Fox and Fox News.
4) Family Guy is witty and insightful, if you are from a foreign country, then I don't expect you to get it. I don't find British humor to be very funny, either.

Have a nice day

Uh-huh, eric, aside from the fact that nothing you said there is right, it reveals the true reason to your bully problems. Oh nooooo I'm suuuure it was being white that got you picked on...not the fact that you display narrowmindedness, not knowing what fox is and how it irritates everyone, racism, bad taste in entertainment (no rly, fg lacks any of wit and professional directors have even exclaimed their eyerollyness at how poorly fg is written. Its VERY telling that you dont like 'british humour', the polar opposite of the hated family guy 'humour'. Family guy expects its audience to be unintelligent which is why it takes 5 mins just to tell a bland joke, british humour makes a joke and moves on quickly, relying on an intelligent audience to pick up subtlety, so yeah not for you =)) and that you get touchy when told otherwise.

[Eric Northman]

Originally Posted by K0t0

I'm going to troll an bait you now in an attempt to get a rise out of you

You make no sense. I'd argue with you, but you are probably just some immature kid, and I really don't care what you think.

[Kaolla]

Originally Posted by Zombiedude101

A female protagonist wouldn't be too bad, actually. Though I wonder how anyone could beat Lee's backstory. Or how he started the game.

A female protagonist is a very very bad idea. Black/White/Asian doesn't matter so much, But gender does. Why? because people will have preconcieved notions on what the characters will be like before they go in on a game/movie.

if history has shown us anything, you can't have a famale lead character that is sucessful unless she is exploited sexually. Hell, its the only reason that Lara Croft was sucessful. And before you use the example of Samus, no-one knew she was a woman until the final scene of the game.

Take movie history for example. Why are there no female super hero movies? there are ample comics to choose from. They aren't developed further because of society's preconcieved notions on what men and women are able to do.

Strong female leads are great supporting characters, but are usually killed off or made less significant to their male leads. Tke Vasquez from Aliens or any movie staring Michelle Rodriges.

Then there is the Ripley argument as the Alien movies, (apart from 4) were very sucessful. But Ripley still died. You just cant have a female BAMF and let her live.

Well, I suppose thats enough of a troll post for me today.

[Eric Northman]

Originally Posted by Kaolla

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Then there is the Ripley argument as the Alien movies, (apart from 4) were very sucessful. But Ripley still died. You just cant have a female BAMF and let her live.

I didn't care for the third movie very much, but it was a lot better than the fourth movie (the writer seemed to have taken a bet to see how many times he could work the word fuck into the dialogue). I think that having female protagonist could work, but I think a lot of people wouldn't want to play as a woman.