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[JoeBoy101]

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Reopening the thread. It's likely most people will not be getting actioned if they were reported. We will continue looking through reports but feel the discussion can continue now that people have had a chance to cool off.

This is a significantly intersectional issue where ultimately there is no lack of validity for any parties involved. It is fair for Black members of the forum to both be happy that Yasuke has gotten in and to be upset that his inclusion in an East Asian setting is being essentially sidestepped for the disappointment over a lack of an East Asian male playable character. Subsequently, it is okay for East Asians to celebrate the fact that while a Japanese woman is playable, a Japanese man is not in what should ostensibly be a setting where that would be the case. And frankly? If any East Asian women were to feel some type of way about the fact that East Asian men aren't satisfied, fair dues.

No one is necessarily wrong to feel the way they feel here given not just the history of this franchise and its community, but the reality of the dearth of both Black and Asian representation within Western studios' catalogues. And frankly there's little way or reason to moderate this issue without essentially giving credence to one side or the other. Intersectionality is a tough cookie to crack, and we're not going to solve it here, especially if it risks alienating any affected members.

I will say, keep the inflammatory accusations to a minimum. People care about this issue in their own ways, even if you disagree with their priorities. And if you want a bigger thought exercise, question the productivity of fighting other minorities in order to be seen by a white-led studio in a world where our oppressors benefit from this infighting, when instead we can put that energy towards building a world where white acceptance doesn't actually matter anymore.

Always gotta be about whitey.

I mean, her entire message is, "Stop fighting each other, and fight Whitey instead." All her messages all the time is race war baiting bullshit.