New Street Fighter IV (Is this racist?)

Originally posted by LordFear
I respectfully decline on this one. I can list a number of boxers who box not because of prize money or fame but simply because of pride and wanting to be the best. Furthermore, this is a STREET FIGHT, why the hell would he be saying fight money. This is a world tournament, I never heard that the victor would receive any money from the proceeds.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Hear what racist thing Russia did to Georgia again?

Yeah. IT WAS RACIST!!

I find your comment racist towards racism of Russians towards racist Georgians.

You racist.

these are just CHARACTERS. Don't look too deep into Street Fighter. Just saying...

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Yeah. IT WAS RACIST!!

I find your comment racist towards racism of Russians towards racist Georgians.

You racist.

Originally posted by chomperx9
everyone is racist give him some slack i am you are he is EVERYONE

Originally posted by LordFear
Ok guys, the new Street Fighter game that is out right now. My question is why the heck is Balrog not only the sole character designed to look like a damn monkey but more importantly why is it he always yells" My fight moneeeeeyyyyy" when you kick his ass? Is this how Asians and other cultures view African Americans, as just money hungry monkeys?

Originally posted by chomperx9
everyone is racist give him some slack i am you are he is EVERYONE

Only negros and mexicans say that.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Only negros and mexicans say that.

Originally posted by JacopeX
You clearly never played the game Punch Out.

A childhood fav of mine but racism abound on that game. One black character's lips are so freaking exagerrated that I think it went beyond the realm of caricature/parody.

man. this has happened with every Street Fighter game since 2.
yet, in every single instance ive never seen one German ***** that theres a depicted nazi war criminal in the game. lol!

Originally posted by CATMANEXE
man. this has happened with every Street Fighter game since 2.
yet, in every single instance ive never seen one German ***** that theres a depicted nazi war criminal in the game. lol!

There's no Nazi war criminal, I'm almost sure...

what do you think M.Bison is a metaphor of?
his uniform and insignias which are actaully Generalissimo Killts from Bionic Commando give it away, outside the fact that he's a dictator.

Originally posted by CATMANEXE
what do you think M.Bison is a metaphor of?
his uniform and insignias which are actaully Generalissimo Killts from Bionic Commando give it away, outside the fact that he's a dictator.

and honestly hes more based off of dictators in general not specififcly german related

Originally posted by jalek moye
m. bison was actually supposed to be balrogs name

and honestly hes more based off of dictators in general not specififcly german related

yeah, everyone knows the name thing. whats that got to do with it. read my post first.

his costume and insignias were the same one worn by Generalissimo Killt.
the nazi in Bionic Commando who reincarnated Hitler.

u said what do u think its a metaphor for, so i assumed u were talking about bison not balrog.

you knew what i meant, why would you think i meant the boxer character was a dictator.

Originally posted by CATMANEXE
yeah, everyone knows the name thing. whats that got to do with it. read my post first.

his costume and insignias were the same one worn by Generalissimo Killt.
the nazi in Bionic Commando who reincarnated Hitler.

Originally posted by KidRock

LOOOOOOL 😆 but tbh i think that i will b the only back guy in the future o.O

Originally posted by CATMANEXE
you knew what i meant, why would you think i meant the boxer character was a dictator.

Originally posted by Bardock42
But that's like three times removed at best, and indeed can be used as any character, and besides, why would Germans be offended by an evil dictator being modeled after Hitler. It's a silly comparison, there's no reason why any German would get offended by M.Bison, who doesn't have any stereotypical German traits, nor is he in the Game associated with Germany. Balrog on the other hand is very much associated with African Americans, he is portrayed as a money thirsting, almost savage creature, and you could find that offensive, really.

how so is he associated with African Americans? he's a potrayal
of Mike Tyson. he isnt associated with African Americans anymore
or less than Tyson is. he's only a parody of a certain celebrity, not to disparage an entire race, in fact theres been a few black characters in the Street Fighter series that did not fit this negative mold. he is no
more an intentional slam on the African American community as a
whole is than Mike Tyson himself is.

the reason Germans dont get offended by a character in a video game who IS based on Nazi Germans (again, play Bionic Commando straight through to its end, then try again. you fight Hitler at the end of the game) because they arent that silly to actually care about a parody.