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- From: j_herlih@oz.plymouth.edu (Axl)
- Subject: Re: Racism in SF2?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.133216.5884@oz.plymouth.edu>
- Reply-To: j_herlih@oz.plymouth.edu (Axl)
- Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
- References: <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 13:32:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu>
- alee@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >Hmmm, could there be perhaps a bit of racism in SF2? On the CE version,
- >when it goes the demo version, it will show a blond white guy facing
- >a black guy (who can only be seen by his back). The blond guy then
- >punches out the black guy, and then "Street Fighter II" appears on the
- >screen... Could this be a bit of racism?
-
- The last thing we need to see in a video game is 'political
- correctness.' geez, i play SFII to get away from all that shit. The
- chars are stereotypes (albeit majorly exaggerated ones) of where
- they're from. The blond hair/blue eye American, the big dumb Russian,
- the Spanish femme, the mystical Indian, etc...
- Just sit back & enjoy the game for what it is. Don't try to
- read so much into it.
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