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Black people
In case you havent noticed
Pokémon has never had BLACK people in it, Do you think tehre gonna put black people in , Pokémon Black and White? I think they should its really racist to be honest! |
There's a screenshot of a darker skinned fellow sprite in the early Coro Coro pages.
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Awesome
!! but still cant believe there was no black people all along |
JUST EVERYONE WATCH WHAT THEY SAY IN THIS THREAD!
ANY RACIST COMMENTS AND I WILL CUT YOU DOWN SO FAST YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU. Anyway, I hope we get more variety in the races of people in this game. I kind of understood in the first four games because they were based on Japanese locales but this one is looking likes its taking place somewhere else, so hopefully we'll see something different. |
It's not racist? The game is based on real-life Japan, where there are a very small number of dark-skinned people living there.
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It would be cool to have four character choices.
White And Black Male White And Black Female. Although that could look a bit racist though it would be better. |
What Horizon said.
And dahlia (of the Battle Frontier) is black. And someone (I don't know the name) in Shadows of Almia is too. |
Where is the "Will there be white people in Pokemon XXX?" thread. These characters aren't white. They're fair-skinned, but they aren't white. You should rephrase your question.....
If you're specifically looking for dark-skinned persons in video games, then point your finger at heterogeneous countries, like America. We really have no reason at all for the lack of diversity in our games (but we're making an effort these days?). |
I don't see anything racist about this other than the people that make it look racist. Japan doesn't have a lot of black people living in it, so they don't really add them in their games because they don't see them a lot. Also, there is no reason this is racist because the games are based in Japan. It's only racist if you make it racist or your a troll.
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Yeah I always saw Phoebe as more Pacific Islander than black. But Dahlia was definitely of African descent.
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There better be an Italian Gym Leader in the games otherwise they're racist.
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Dahlia is not of African descent... she is Middle Eastern and they did their best to let you know without saying it. Look at her battle facility, theme music and Pokemon. She IS in fact poof that there can and will be other races included.
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Brock? Or am I way wrong now? ;)
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It's not racist in the bit. Pokémon is made in Japan. It's based off the Japanese regions, and it's majority retail comes from Japan. So, being a company, they're going to make their products relatable to their biggest buyers, ie, making 99% of the game's characters light skinned.
99%? Well, there is Brock... |
i seem to remember a darker skinned character in colloseum. or am i crazy?
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Brock is Japanese. He is just heavily tanned in some of his appearances.
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/thumb/7/7b/HeartGold_SoulSilver_Brock.png/150px-HeartGold_SoulSilver_Brock.png |
I don't know for all you American people, but I hope they don't put any black people in it.
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Huh. I just noticed that. I don't think it's racism though =/
I certainly didn't call Pokemon sexist back when we couldn't choose to play as a girl. |
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I was actually thinking the same thing this morning, but I don't think that it is racist.. not at all :\
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I don't particularly think that it would be too great of an idea. Just look at Resident Evil 5. It's entirely too easy for one culture to have misconceptions about another culture they don't fully understand and make generalizations that are offensive to others.
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It's be alright if the only Dark-Skinned person in the entire game was an Elite Trainer. Since Dahlia didn't cause any fuss. Hopefully they won't stereotype them xD
This is what I spotted: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/132/b/2/OMG_Pokemon_Multiracial_by_Bluerang1.jpg But the full scans proved me wrong :( http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/male-field.png (taken from Serebii :)) Actually, she still looks a tad dark skinned... hmmm. |
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