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- From: mhen@nodisk.webo.dg.com (Mat Hen)
- Subject: Re: Racism in SF2?
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- In-Reply-To: Corby.E.Page@dartmouth.edu's message of 16 Nov 92 22:05:49 GMT
- Date: 19 Nov 92 18:15:34
- References: <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- >>>>> On 16 Nov 92 22:05:49 GMT, Corby.E.Page@dartmouth.edu (Corby E. Page) said:
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- > In article <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu>
- > alee@ellis.uchicago.edu (Steele Alloy) writes:
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- >> 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?
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- > 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.
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- > corby
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- Oh, come on guys! I don't know how you thought of that! I've never
- thought of that as an implication of racism. The first time I saw it,
- my first reaction was that it was cute and it looked pretty fun to
- play. Please don't make something out of the blue. It's a game and
- we should just have fun.
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