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10-08-2014, 11:34 AM
Raw Dog
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Jmacq1
Quite a bit more so, IMO.
Name the black guy "Sgt. Brown?"
The Hispanic guy wears a sombrero and the Italian guy is a mobster? "Stonewall" the "big hillbilly redneck?"
Spirit was about as bad as G.I. Joe got, and he was still given a filecard that treated his Native American ethnicity with respect. Eagle Force looks like..."What if they'd named Stalker "Captain Black?""
Don't get me wrong...at the time they could get away with it (Though it's interesting that one Website I looked at mentioned that one bad-guy character in particular proved difficult to market because of the stereotype he presented), but in the context of modern society, well...it's not too surprising seeing which characters have a KIA or MIA next to them.
Still looking forward to it, as I'm sure Boss Fight will do a great job. But yeah....
You're forgeting the Asian martial arts expert Quick Kick, the confederate flag wearing country boy Cross Country, the blonde haired/ blue eyed leader Duke, the Australian biker gang, and so forth and so on.
I have no problem with stereotypes. I'm intelligent enough to know that not all Italians are in the mob and have first hand knowledge to attest to the fact that not every Mexican wears a sombrero.
I must confess though, I do know quite a few African Americans with the last name Brown. Not sure if that's a stereotype though or maybe just a common last name.
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