Drillary Clinton
Banned
No because you didn't respond to any of my points, only other people's points.
You've not answered why a millenia old literary tradition that has no basis in white culture is inherently racist and should be abandoned.
You've not answered why the colour of a characters skin is analogous to A change in race (analogous was not my word. It's the word used by your side of the argument to explain why a clearly white character with darkened skin was somehow related to another race.
Other than saying it doesn't dilute, you've not explained why. Whereas I did explain the opposite. It's people looking at stupid threads like this and thinking 'if this is all racism in video games is, then it's not a problem'.
1. The "millennia old" tradition is in fact problematic. There is a reason that across cultures, darker people tend to suffer most. We associate dark with bad and light with good and this bleeds over to how we view people with these skin tones. It doesn't need to be intrisric and just because it's been a norm for centuries doesn't mean the narrative shouldn't be changed.
2. It doesn't necessarily have to be a literal race change. The simple act of darkening skin to a realistic tone of skin to correlate that with a negative connotation isn't right. Not only that, but it's fucking lazy character development.