• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    What is wrong with Californian views on identity politics, when it’s not just bad writing? Is it the acknowledgement of people that are gender nonbinary?

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      20 days ago

      I just dislike a lot of the studios based there (Insomniac, naughty dog, ubisoft) for how hard they try to push POC/minority representation in their games. Especially when it doesn’t make sense (black samurai)

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        19 days ago

        The black samurai is literally a historical figure. What do you mean “it doesn’t make sense”?

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          18 days ago

          I just think it’s bizarre to have a black dude protagonist in a historical japanese setting. I’ve read through the sources on Yasuke and I think it’s a stretch to say he was like a full fledged samurai. Especially given that the biggest proponent of that theory, Thomas Lockley, made some sketchy edits between the Japanese and English version of his book on him.

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            18 days ago

            I just think it’s bizarre to have a black dude protagonist in a historical japanese setting.

            Why? He is a historical figure. Why does a historical figure in his historical setting feel bizarre?

            I’ve read through the sources on Yasuke and I think it’s a stretch to say he was like a full fledged samurai.

            Potato potato. Why him being a “full fledged samurai” even matters? The series is known to take creative liberties with history.

            Seriously ask yourself why having ONE SINGULAR black protagonist in a series where protagonists have so far been overwhelmingly white feels like “black people getting pushed into games”.

            Because to me, it sounds like you have seen too many opinions of people getting outraged and because of that you internalized their views without asking yourself why they (and now you) feel the way they do.