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- From: Corby.E.Page@dartmouth.edu (Corby E. Page)
- Newsgroups: alt.games.sf2
- Subject: Re: Racism in SF2?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.220549.18599@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 22:05:49 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu>
- alee@ellis.uchicago.edu (Steele Alloy) 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?
-
- I certainly think so. The first time I saw this I was very surprised
- and looked closer. As the white guy punches out the black guy a crowd
- of 50 or so onlookers, ALL WHITE, lift their hands in the air and cheer
- enthusiastically. It looked just like a Rodney King incident, except
- that the white guys weren't wearing police uniforms.
-
- corby
-