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May 22, 2014, 02:12:01 AM
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Then there are also questions about what "whiteness" in Japanese animation and gaming really reflects; the short of it is, Japanese viewers tend to identify with characters that appear white (pronounced eyes, blonde hair, etc.), but in the case of Nintendo characters, at least the color has been consistent, with few-to-no cultural overtones to clarify its application.

Whatever the reason for white characters, they quickly became a trend in games like Super Mario Bros. (all white), The Legend of Zelda (all white), Kid Icarus (all white), or Metroid (one character eventually revealed to be white and female).

There were occasional exceptions, such as Mike Tyson in his self-titled Punch-Out!! game for the NES. Series hero Little Mac spent that game fighting a veritable United Nations of stereotypes. The Indian fighter, Great Tiger, wore a prominent turban and carried a tiger pelt. King Hippo, who hailed from a tropical isle, didn’t stray far from the facial design of Donkey Kong. (The game’s African-American trainer had a limited in-game bio, but it made sure to point out his status as a recovering alcoholic.)

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/05/op-ed-its-time-for-nintendo-to-move-beyond-white-characters/

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May 22, 2014, 02:15:40 AM
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There are actually important stuff to discuss. This is absolut Garbage. As is the HBT-Nintendo thread. As are ALL discussions about NON-ISSUES like feminism, HBTQ, racism etc etc.


We're over it, we get it, humans have been wrong and now we understand better. Now lets focus on the real problems of the world.




I Call for a ban on anyone mocking reality With nonsense like this.


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May 22, 2014, 02:21:25 AM
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There are actually important stuff to discuss. This is absolut Garbage. As is the HBT-Nintendo thread. As are ALL discussions about NON-ISSUES like feminism, HBTQ, racism etc etc.


We're over it, we get it, humans have been wrong and now we understand better. Now lets focus on the real problems of the world.




I Call for a ban on anyone mocking reality With nonsense like this.


Thank you
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May 22, 2014, 02:24:46 AM
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Thanks.




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May 22, 2014, 02:28:09 AM
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Thanks.




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May 22, 2014, 02:36:28 AM
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Nah I'm just joking. It will live on forever in 1 of my knockout-highlight reels  Smiley
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May 22, 2014, 02:41:11 AM
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Nah I'm just joking. It will live on forever in 1 of my knockout-highlight reels  Smiley

You are welcome and thank you for playing Smiley

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May 22, 2014, 02:48:16 AM
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May 22, 2014, 02:54:24 AM
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Enough of this political correctness. The so called call for diversity has lead to some really annoying results.... One of the best examples being the Hollywood film Thor. The Vikings will be turning in their graves after seeing this idiot being cast as Heimdal (supposedly the whitest of the gods). How the South Africans will feel if some white guy is being cast as Nelson Mandela in films?

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May 22, 2014, 02:58:11 AM
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I've actually been too damaged by this bullshit to find it annoying. I did react, ofcourse, but didn't care. Thinking of it, yes, it's hilariously stupid.



Why not a white bearded woman as Nelson Mandela?  Cheesy
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May 22, 2014, 03:11:54 AM
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"The next chump is coming right up!" It says, on Your picture. Yet, it seems I knocked you out so Cold nobody dares to step up..  Kiss









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May 22, 2014, 03:45:08 AM
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I've actually been too damaged by this bullshit to find it annoying. I did react, of course, but didn't care. Thinking of it, yes, it's hilariously stupid.
Why not a white bearded woman as Nelson Mandela?  Cheesy

White bearded woman as Nelson Mandela... wow.. that will be ground breaking.  Grin

This is funny..... you know... once I was banned from a sports forum for just posing this image:

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May 22, 2014, 05:16:44 AM
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who the heck cares if characters are white and black, shheesshh this color tagging is getting sickening already

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May 22, 2014, 06:02:20 AM
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who the heck cares if characters are white and black, shheesshh this color tagging is getting sickening already

Soon we will have affirmative action quotas in all Hollywood films. It will be like this:

Non-Hispanic Black: 20% of the actors.
Hispanic: 20% share.
Asian: 10% share.
Mentally handicapped (any race): 5%.
Jewish: 20%

All others (merit based): 25%.

So in the next James Bond movie, Daniel Craig will play the villain, while Idriss Alba will be the new James Bond.
In the next Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, Johnny Depp will be replaced by Luis Guzmán.
And Danny Trejo will star in the next Taken sequel, instead of Liam Neeson.
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May 22, 2014, 08:26:42 AM
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who the heck cares if characters are white and black, shheesshh this color tagging is getting sickening already

Giving preference to certain individuals just because of their race (african  / whatevre) is racism, which is exactly what the politicians are enforcing.
Id say a black super mario could be interpreted as very racist.

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May 22, 2014, 08:49:14 AM
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who the heck cares if characters are white and black, shheesshh this color tagging is getting sickening already

Giving preference to certain individuals just because of their race (african  / whatevre) is racism, which is exactly what the politicians are enforcing.
Id say a black super mario could be interpreted as very racist.

.... This is one of those moments where I seriously hope I'm being trolled and people on this planet aren't actually this stupid, half the people on this forum don't even know what racism fucking is.
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May 22, 2014, 09:02:11 AM
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Giving preference to certain individuals just because of their race (african  / whatevre) is racism, which is exactly what the politicians are enforcing.
Id say a black super mario could be interpreted as very racist.

Check these:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/14/opinion/martin-red-tails-hollywood/
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/hollywood-ready-african-american-superhero
http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/hollywood-needs-to-take-notice-of-its-black-stars/
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May 22, 2014, 10:01:14 AM
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This is just not really good approach.  Political correctness is at it's prime, and it is clearly one of the most idiotic things ever created. How can you tell creators of the games/movies/novels to change their artistic vision? Telling people that they need do things other way and maybe make one of more characters black/gay/red/yellow/alien because that would be good for your PR. I can't bear to hear about this crazy news about black vikings and white Mandelas. Just let be things to roll as they are. Don't change anything because it will be more 'correct' this way. Crazy world.


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May 22, 2014, 10:12:13 AM
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Too many Italian characters in Nintendo. Need more French.

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who the heck cares if characters are white and black, shheesshh this color tagging is getting sickening already

Giving preference to certain individuals just because of their race (african  / whatevre) is racism, which is exactly what the politicians are enforcing.
Id say a black super mario could be interpreted as very racist.

.... This is one of those moments where I seriously hope I'm being trolled and people on this planet aren't actually this stupid, half the people on this forum don't even know what racism fucking is.


You're definately not being trolled. You're being blind.


The Whole anti-racism and feminism movement have the exact same agenda. Divide and conquer, divide society in the most basic categorize of male/female and the second m skin-color. Make us buisy discussing NONSENSE so that we don't have time for the real matters. Ok, so 2 Things are happening.

1, Society becomes divided. Anyone who sees threw the lies are classed as sexist, racist or in America you'd be called communist if its about politics. In Europe it's nazi if you oppose either anti-racists or feminists. Nazi's are the worst People of the Earth remember. Like Al Qaida, but white. Oh, but not the nazis in Ukraine. They are EU's tool so they good. Very good. Nice boys them nazis in Ukraine.


2, Anti-racism breeds racism. Stating that old fasioned racism is bad is stating the obvious. Racism is narrow-mindedness, prejudice and not having experience of People from other cultures. But this is 2014. And for those who don't, for example older people more keen on country music and whiskey, let them be. No reason to HUNT down people for their prejudice and shuv it down their throat that they're wrong. Who cares if they're wrong?
People are wrong all the time, everywhere, about everything. Being a redneck racist and shouting it out to the crowds does NOT have to be punishable by law. Society and people punishes them by not liking them as much. It's called natural social evolution. What media is doing is called social engineering. Anyways, racism is bad ok, We know this by now. But what media and politicians are doing now breeds more deeply rooted real blind racism. They are saying that calling a negro a negro is racism and shouldn't be allowed. Why? Negro is just a
fucking word. If you tell me that calling a black man black is racism YOU are implying that being black is something bad. That's the whole point of anti-racism - to create racism. To divide the different people of Babylon so that they cannot come together as 1. THIS IS KNOWLEDGE THAT'S THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. Just that they didn't print it in your schoolbook or newspaper(Because the book is about how to herd sheep, like yourself. Like the kings, church and emperors have done for thousands of years).


Anyway, my 2 points are perhaps 1, perhaps 5. This is a rant. I hate this subject because its so fucking basic yet nobody understands it(Well, a few, obviously and thankfully). I do however feel the need to print it out because even though I suspect there's 1 or perhaps 2 paid internet propaganda writers here it could just as well be 2 mislead sheep that repeats what the establishment is saying to feel they uphold morals and shit thats good. F you both, you're dead wrong.

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