On the front lines of the racial war, we really, really need to lighten Evil Ryu's skin tone because it's highly, highly problematic.
As a black person I get why it bothers some people. At the same time it's at the bottom of things to give a fuck about. What's more pressing is that Nintendo does not find it ok to allow you to pick your skin tone in Animal Crossong because they view white as the default. Even then, it's not worth truly getting mad about beyond annoyance.
This is why people like this are called SJWs. It's not that social justice is bad. It's that they try to make everything about their social justice. The really big irony here is that kids in Flint are dying of lead poisoning and here we are talking about Evil Ryu and Violent Ken's skin colors. SJWs betray their own arguments. They talk of things like privelage but lack the self awareness to realize many of their pet issues - like this one - operate on said privilege. By concentrating on something so not noteworthy that actually affects living, breathing people, they take jabs at larger society they disagree, exposing their own privilege. Bet you 100 bucks the person who made this is living comfortable. Yeah, they may have had the racist encounter or two, but are they living well? Probably. How can you tell? Because they base their arguments of social justice based around video game characters made and designed in a foreign land across the sea rather than pushing for voting locally, donating to their HBCU, or volunteering.
They don't push for action that will result in any real lasting change. They just want their video game characters to stop offending them so much.
Prime example as to why SJWs and by larger extent our generation, are seen as a damn joke while not realizing their own argument is steeped in privelage.
i'm pretty sure he got banned for this post, but there is some real truth in here.
I always say that people on this forum love arguing racial politics, but for all the passion that's present in these topics, i can't help but feel like there's a deep level of disconnect somewhere...a lack of context, or maybe perspective? And i think that is highlighted best in threads like these. This thread is highlighting a real issue....but people are arguing off such extreme criteria that the majority of the thread has little to do with the actual issue, and more to do with people desperately trying to find (or rather forcibly establish) a common ground on what even constitutes a
reasonable example.
Like, and then some of the examples are just absurd, like on this very page people are talking about Darth Vader. How??? I'm reminded of the feeling I get when I hear a child argue attempt to argue a political or religious point. All learned definitions and responses, no actual wisdom. And thats what alot of these threads really come down to, the fundamental difference between knowledge and wisdom.
And you know what, that's fine. There's nothing wrong with just talking about issues. But here's where this particular mindset really starts fucking with me:
The thing is, if brown skinned characters are not made to be the bad guys, then they might as well disappear entirely since nobody is going to make them the good guys either :/
....WHAT
Are you
kidding me? This exchange is more infuriating than anything anyone else has posted in this thread. Then why the fuck are we arguing among eachother about it?
This is why I can't stand "conversation" threads that aren't good for anything more than just complaining about shit. Complain complain complain complain complain. No action. Making a video, or publicly speaking, or donating, those are actions. Making threads that give praise to people who are doing a good job, that's action -- it's called positive feedback, that actually feeds energy into the system. But complaining about shit is not action, it's just complaining. It has never been anything more than that. Just a way to feel good about your thoughts without having to actually
do anything.
Cindi probably could have been more tactful without seemingly attacking the premise of the thread, like I probably shouldn't have even brought this peeve of mine up. But nonetheless, I sympathize with his frustration, because I know for a fact many people think that they're actually contributing by endlessly complaining about things. But in
reality....highly vocal yet petty arguments don't really do much but make us all of look stupid, and flood the
actual debate space with endless supplies of ammo for the opposing side to dismiss it as rambling. Which, to be honest, they'd probably try to do anyway, but why make it easier.
