These arguments is garbled here. You said everyone is equally racist when it comes to playing games as their own group. I replied you're wrong and that the difference is in degrees, and that relatively blacks don't mind playing as other races than vice versa. Then you go on a screed talking about whites' ruling the world. The same whites don't mind playing as Asians or other characters that resemble Asians, or as machines, or as spirits or animals, or as mutants or Hawaiians, the characters they dislike playing are virtually always and only black. A white person will play Lee from League of Legends (who is obviously Chinese) and never complain yet anything black is girding to them. So this issue goes beyond simply white market inclusion into games, and is moreso to do with racism specifically against blacks, notwithstanding white power which has affected all peoples in the world. As far as society goes, blacks are told virtually the same thing as whites and other races yet don't mind playing as other races, so again the problem reduces down to whites' and other races' poor morality and hatred for blacks.
When said non-black overcome their deep racial biases, they enjoy playing as black characters almost or about as much, like is the case in Madden and NBA games wherein whites and other races play black characters almost ubiquitously. In this example we see that the problem is socialization and morality, and not the theory you bring up above. If your theory were right there would be no large group of whites who overcome their biases on a temporary basis to play games.
really? I think the market data shows that white people are adverse to playing as Asian characters. When street fighter 4 was still in a stage where many casual players engaged in online play, the most popular character, by-far, was ken. Ryu is supposed to be a Japanese male, but he looks more like an Italian or darker white man. Capcom admits to giving him that appearance because they want Ryu to have a more mainstream appeal (ie. white appeal). Strider Hiru is another "Japanese" guy, who strangely doesn't look like any Japanese that I have ever seen. Isn't also telling that the nearly all the Major Japanese developers have never put an Asian at the front of their Triple A games? Solid Snake, Chris Redfield, Simon Belmont, Alucard, Super Mario, Link, Samus-- These are all very white and very not Asian. It's not a coincidence. If games staring Asian characters sold just as well as games with white characters, then there would be an equal amount, but that is not the case. There are those who will just admit to being racist though.
Moving on, I said black people don't mind playing video games with different races as much as other people, inasmuch as we have fewer complaints and deep biases in that avenue. I didn't say that we have fewer complaints and deep biases in all avenues when it comes to race. That's a different issue entirely. We're talking about video games, not sports or books or news. So get away from your strawman and stick to the topic. Your counter that blacks have bias in other avenues doesn't disprove my claim that blacks are more OK with playing as different races in video games than vice versa. Both can be true at the same true (and are).
I don't think that this is true either. A lack of black characters is a chief complaint that I see in the black bloggersphere and black social media. Black people would prefer to play as black characters, but they just don't get the option to do so.
Also, it's not a strawman because the root cause of bias in audiences is the same in each form of media. Racism, Racial stereo-types and Racial biases are ingrained in all of us. These subconscious thoughts are constantly at play, and impact our decisions in ways we probably don't realize. White people don't want to play as Blacks, Middle easterners, or Asians, but they may or may not be comfortable with there apparent racism, so they invent rationalizations like "he's a poorly written character". However, I think that all people, and not just white people, will do the same thing.
Lastly, the last time I debated with you, you said you were Asian or South Asian, so I don't understand how you could have "many" black family members and particularly ones who dated out. That would imply you are black which you aren't. Moreover the sheer number of black women working in high places in the video game industry is so low as to be non-existent. So at face your statements are counterintuitive to universal fact. Hence show some proof your so-called family member works at one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. Since she is so high ranking that proof should be easy enough to find (or don't use fake anecdotes). That aside, there are legion of rich blacks in high positions (most of them in fact) whom aren't white-washed (see all of Atlanta) and blacks have every right to ostracize those whom capitulate to whiteness (most of whom end up making only decent money and never amounting to anything, contrary to your claims otherwise). But then I forgot you're a racist who thinks blacks are inferior to whites (you said so yourself, remember?)
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I am have black ancestry, slave ancestors and black family members, but I am not a black person. There is a line for people who are mixed who can claim to be black, and I am definitely on the other side of that line-- to where black people would be insulted if I said I was a "black" and I have been told from blacks, that I am not Black and that I shouldn't claim to be black. It's not my choice, but it is what it is. that is why I don't refer to myself as a black person, but I do have black ancestry, which is a subtle difference.
My relative works at a company that 99% white, and has people who are active on Four chan as employees. I don't think that black people would fit-in there, but that is my opinion. If a black person were to work there, they would feel very uncomfortable, and wouldn't be able to relate to anyone. This is bad because the Company is all about it's community, and bringing its employees together. My relative is okay there because she limited her friends to only whites since she was in middle school, and has totally embraced white culture as her own. She is also light skinned, and was a nerdy anime-type girl in high school and college. However, I would definitely see a culture clash happening if it was a proud black person from Atlanta trying to work there.