Capcom was Racist for THIS??

[@FantoFGC]

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[@oneupadvanced]

I hope whoever made the decision for that at capcom still works there and is doing good.

[@FantoFGC]

haha same.

[@Kokophonix]

We want Elena in SF6

[@supervillaindoom]

Your wish just came true

[@Kokophonix]

@@supervillaindoom What? really? Nooooo there's no Elena yet

[@supervillaindoom]

@@Kokophonix Well she isn’t released yet but she is a part of the Season 2 DLC for Street Fighter 6. She’s going to be the last character of the season to release.

[@otitereiro]

Bro, i am a Brazilian, and i can say that Blanka is one of the most loved characters here. He is very similar to a brazilian legend called "Curupira", that was a ginger and green kid who terrorized the tribes. We don't see this as racist. Cala a boca gringo.

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

lovely to see opinion like that

[@34wildman]

Blanca was originally a big brolick black man dressed in loincloth with shackles on him. Man looked and acted like uncle ruckus's rendition of catcher freeman, and ruckus is a fucking klansmen

[@lepmuhangpa]

​@@34wildman😂

[@jaden4551]

did you forget to listen to the part where he was depicted as a BLACK shackled african beast man? or what

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

@@jaden4551 yeah...tragic indeed...

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

I love racist jokes and stereotypes and all that, but a dark black African slave raised by lions and kept in chains is crazy.

[@2oshow]

When did he say he was a slave?

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

@@2oshow Would a free man be kept in chains?

[@NutterButter774]

​@@T3nMiDGET5711realist shit I've ever heard

[@2oshow]

@remoantonie3243 nigga what?

[@2oshow]

@@T3nMiDGET5711 doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a slave, could mean he was caged like a circus freak because, again, he was raised by lions.

[@dr.jackbright9297]

As bad as that is, it wasn't the final result. If we're always worried about what could have been, it will overshadow what we have.

[@photosynthetic420]

yes this video is quite literally talking about how good the change was

[@dr.jackbright9297]

@photosynthetic420 it was framed REALLY weird, though, for that to be the message.

[@photosynthetic420]

@@dr.jackbright9297 I think you're just hypersensitive about discussion about racism. you want to assume

[@dr.jackbright9297]

@photosynthetic420 I'll reflect on the possibility that I am, but this video seems more focused on how awful what could have been than anything else. Still, you may be right I might be digging for what isn't there

[@Xibalba_FGC]

@@dr.jackbright9297to me it just felt like u wanted to steer attention away from the messed up original concept 😭, not that you were but i don’t see what’s wrong with reflecting heavily on how harmful a character could’ve been

[@francescoadinolfi8837]

Bruh blanka's got one of the coolest chara design

[@souldrifterbeats]

I mean if you think about the whole damn game is of stereotypes

[@bigblack1]

If you look into the history of a lot of characters, especially the more “unique” ones, you’ll find that this is how they started out. A caricature of another race, and particularly Black people.

[@-castradomis-1773]

An African man raised by lions sounds pretty badass to me.

[@Xibalba_FGC]

Considering world history though, a black man in chains portrayed as savage and huge would just be really harmful. Being raised by lions is badass though, I wouldn’t hate on them approaching THAT SPECIFIC concept on its own in a more appropriate way.

[@corvoyami3192]

​@@Xibalba_FGCit would only be harmful because you Americans need something to be upset about.

[@EthanW56]

@@corvoyami3192as an American… you’re correct. We are constantly looking to bitch about something

[@blob7963]

@@corvoyami3192I mean Beta blanks is literally a Jim Crow stereotype of a black person. I wouldn’t want the first black rep in street fighter to be right at home in a 1920s ad

[@corvoyami3192]

@@blob7963 You Americans would literally be the only ones upset by it and see the racism in it

[@Some_Dude062]

Hes literally a redhead who fell out of a plane and grew up in the amazon

[@briangodwin3850]

Our boy Jimmy! The sketches he showed weren't even lined up with the right characters. Also, wheres Vodka??

[@2oshow]

While I LOVE blanka this is just y’all showing how fucking sensitive y’all are. I have no issue of a African man being raised but loins. Literally am African myself and most of us would think that concept would be cool. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@HaitianPiccolo]

How sensitive who is? The creators thought he was offensive not us LMAO

[@rgg1009]

And Capcom giving Dee Jay a design so racist but so racist Capcom USA redesigned him and we'll never know original Dee Jay design...

[@KenMasters.]

They probably made Dee Jay look like Flavor Flav.

[@figurante5079]

thank god for capcom made a rework on blanka concept, because without him bassically was not gonna see anything that in brazil that make me think"yo it look like i already see that place"

[@lunarlunatick]

so African beast man bad, Brazilian beast man celebrated, gotcha.

[@pierreblain1424]

my thoughts exactly....sigh..😒

[@luxsuperbia1531]

He’s based on a Brazilian legend about a ginger green kid Not racist

[@RawrX32009]

It's cause brazilians aren't oppressed 💀😭

[@MereImitation]

When the African beast man’s original artwork made him look like a gorilla/Neanderthal… yes it’s bad.

[@mattzr1550]

​@@luxsuperbia1531yea literally lmaooo

[@neontetra1000]

I’m waiting for the blanka raiders hat costume dlc in street fighter 6. 😂

[@lawrenceashtonakabiglaw8383]

Glad they changed that that would've been a powder keg waiting to explode

[@thejordyoshi]

There's an alternate timeline where the character made it through and SF2 never got localised for the West, so the SF series never became a global pop culture staple.

[@WafflesOWNz]

"Today, we uncover" seems a bit excessive as an intro for a short.

[@lucky7bolt456]

Naaah he was African!? Naaah and recently I figured out he’s BILLY from MURICA yoooo HE AINT EVEN BRAZILIAN BUT HE HOLDS THAT FLAG?!? omg then I realized Elena is from Kenya and NOT a Brazilian capoeira fighter WHEN SHE USES THE “DANCE STANCE” OR DEEJAY HES JAMAICAN!?! I THOUGHT HIS GREEN N YELLOW WITH THAT DAAAANCE FIIIIGHTING WAAAS BRAAAZILIAN!!!! Aaaaaaaaah WHERES MY BR BRO

[@funril]

It could be racist if you didn t forgot that in the same game you have Balrog... So if they wanted Blanka to be a beasty mode black african, they could, but they finally went on a brazilian legend inspiration. :)

[@afrikasmith1049]

Capcom: This African character looks offensive. Let's not make this character. Also Capcom: Rufus like fine.👍

[@Dr.Ruffles]

Okay, but also Ken and Guile???

[@rugalbernstein5913]

@@Dr.RufflesWhat exactly is offensive or insulting about Ken and Guile?

[@Dr.Ruffles]

@@rugalbernstein5913 there's nothing of insulting about them. Rufus is American as well right? My aim was just stating that while Rufus (can be) an American stereotype, we have 2 other long time characters that are American as well that aren't stereotyped.

[@VenomousHigh]

"even as recently as 1991" 30 years ago is recent?

[@superfox8519]

That was last generation. Yes.

[@FantoFGC]

Haha would it be surprising if 2010 for me feels like it was yesterday? Besides that, I think 1991 is recent 😆

[@surrendering2within]

You're missing the point. 1991 is far from the heights of racism being accepted by mainstream America (laws, violence from 1492-1970), so it can be shocking that some ignorant ideas were still around, in Japan at that

[@xxshadowzxx0091]

They did the same thing work Rashid in his debut his stage is on a plane driving past buildings that looks like the Twin Towers so being racially insensitive is nothing new for Capcom Rashid is one of my favorite characters ever made

[@superfox8519]

It was also released in the eleventh of September

[@JokersVsZombies]

Isnt that just a theory from the community? Like, capcom hasnt provided info the chatacter became blanka right?

[@surrendering2within]

No. The art comes from a Capcom art book

[@yuyevon1698]

Funny how it’s suddenly authentic when an African with European features is added to the game. Y’all don’t look like that 😂

[@ghostblues2691]

no one looks like an anime character what's the point

[@shannonjones8877]

This is why i want to see Elena in the SF6 design. I really want to see how they would update her facial structure.

[@WolfmanZX]

Aw you poor thing. Grab a tissue

[@DemetriB0329]

Lmao

[@Lazt]

U know, I feel the same when they portray Anglo-Saxons az cave dwelling, sub humans who do nothing but lie &, eventually, stole everyone else'z culture & technological advancez to claim az their own. Poor babies, indeed. 4get 1 tissue🥺, take the box.😏

[@Jairjax]

True tho... if they want to make a character be a giant black dude raised by lions, let them. Fuck anyones feelings. I say if you have a creative vision, go for it. Don't let peoples opinions influence your art.

[@thetshadow999animates9]

I’ll grab a tissue and watch videos of Chun Li

[@thetshadow999animates9]

@@Jairjaxyeah but the whole point of the game is to have fun and people aren’t having fun playing the most racist ass character on the damn planet

[@vaultboy404]

Why so many dislikes this video is really good

[@Righteous_Rojin]

If a modder can turn Kimberly into a white chick (or replace her model with Marie Rose), I want my African king Anabebe to be modded into my game as Blanka

[@ghostblues2691]

what

[@Righteous_Rojin]

@@ghostblues2691 you heard me. I want a just-as-racist (but stereotypically) character to be modded into SF6 especially if there's whitewashed Kimberly floating around in the modded scene

[@ghostblues2691]

@@Righteous_Rojin and there is?

[@Righteous_Rojin]

@@ghostblues2691 yup, they forced my girl have the Michael Jackson treatment.

[@MedicalBillz]

​@@Righteous_RojinNah they didnt whitewash Kimberly at all, the modders just used Kimberly as a character base because Marie Rose fights most similarly to Kimberly out of all the base characters in SF6. People just saw something to be outraged about for no reason.

[@DemitriusChilds]

Blanka finally won a tourney

[@dixafu]

why don't you make a video revealing the racism behind donkey kong?

[@TheOneWhoGrips.l]

Blanka is a Brazilian icon 🇧🇷🔥

[@borischan5252]

calling stereotyping "incredibly racist" is very wrong in its own. Stereotyping is not negative on it's own, only from who is getting offended by it (usually racists themeselves)

[@Shiirow]

of course it isnt, stereotypes exist for a reason, its more or less taking already observed behaviour and cranking it to 11. if there werent a lot people doing a thing, it wouldnt be a stereotype. Offense is a very selfish thing, you cant give offense, only take it.

[@surrendering2within]

This is a racist self-report 😂

[@borischan5252]

@@surrendering2within (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

[@borischan5252]

@@Shiirow are you telling me because it is generally true that Chinese family demand their child to do better in Math, that it is a bad stereotype? a lot for ppl doing a thing and being recognized by it doesn't mean it is bad. It's bad if you make it bad.

[@johanngeorgfaust4309]

wasn't overlooked... society wasn't just so fragile and emotional like today

[@shaalis]

Ohh I'm soooo glad they stopped with Dhalsim and didn't get more racist.......

[@Captainscarab]

That is fake because blanka was Brazilian not African. And he swam with eals that is why he’s electric. Sooo… nope not racist

[@edwardgaines6561]

Authenticity? Elena has straight white hair! Africans don't have straight white hair!

[@ghostblues2691]

>Africans don't have straight white hair some Africans do have straight hair tho, but yeah "authenticity" doesn't really makes sense since they are cartoonish characters

[@slugbuddy7838]

El Fuerte: 😐 (in Mexican)

[@miguelt727]

Hmm I don’t see the difference between blanks and a black man.

[@ghostblues2691]

Blanka is green that's the difference

[@miguelt727]

@@ghostblues2691 mmmmmmm no difference they look exactly the same.

[@miguelt727]

They both hang on trees, both like bananas etc.

[@paustin47able]

Seems like Capcom's the Disney of videogames....

[@raiderking7310]

How?

[@paustin47able]

@@raiderking7310 Capcom is very innovative and groundbreaking with their IPS (Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Mega Man, etc.) but at the same time, a lot of their games have questionable to down right racist imagery that they had to edit/remove. Like Disney and it's films and IPs...

[@Shiirow]

@@paustin47able but they didnt edit or remove anything, it was a prelim design they chose not to use.

[@paustin47able]

@thedeadamongus Someone cares. They wouldn't have replied otherwise...

[@paustin47able]

@thedeadamongus Wow! Calm down... It was a comment, I wasn't complaining, just stating what I basically learned about Blanka that I didn't know. I know it's no surprise that pretty much every company uses and exploits racial stereotypes, I've pretty much grew numb to the shit. I'll probably buy it more for the racist insensitivity instead of the woke sensitivity, which if Disney were to ever buy out Capcom, we would see more of...

[@septimusheap925]

I don't care where's from I care about his personality and now we got a goofy looking blanka 😢

[@Navarre_Vega]

How is balrog a stereotype? I get Dhalsim but

[@KenMasters.]

Balrog is a thug.

[@Navarre_Vega]

@@KenMasters. who cares, a white dude could been a thug. It’s not insensitive

[@HaitianPiccolo]

​@@Navarre_VegaBalrog is how 95% of racists see Blacks. Lmaooo

[@AyeBolas]

Cap's do have international teams and historians, right?

[@figurante5079]

No, at the time capcom was just a japanese company with basically zero employees outside japan

[@certified_0njah196]

Worth every fucking penny

[@Ayy_Minus]

Give me a break 😑

[@donnymixx77]

Dragon ball was 2

[@aonbrogan8266]

"Even as recently as 1991" bro that was 32 years ago

[@ikedatike2533]

32 years really ain't nothing to be honest when it comes to life as a whole. 30 years sounds like a long time but it really isn't in the grand scheme of things. Some stuff that was going on over 100 plus years ago are still going on today

[@DonnyKwek]

Funny that everything is wrong. No country representative, wrong. Stereotype, wrong. How do we represent a country without some type of stereotyping? Having a women wear bikini and say she represents China? Don’t overthink, it’s just a game that was from 1990s.

[@tribesvanguard7007]

I mean an african slave wildman who was raised by lions.... That's wrong dude. What kind of representation is that? What if the American character was a clansman 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jjcoola998]

It's so hard for artists bc ppl get mad if you don't include their content and then people get mad when you do represent it (in regards to the non-Blanka stereotypes

[@andrewmosser6675]

It a fucking video game

[@photosynthetic420]

?

[@darkzentai7417]

I don’t think it was racist at all you’re comparing today’s standards to yesterdays. And to be honest, how many video games out there use stereotypes, especially fighting games when you’re introducing new characters you need to be able to know what that character is about just by looking at them fast food for stereotypes. You can look at any street fighter character, and instantly know what they’re about for example Ryu Asian karate man or Ken American karate man. It’s not racism, it’s good character design .

[@legcrab8991]

No

[@ryuzxa]

Its true tho

[@tie5360]

Racist = based. He's Good in my book

[@oofingberg]

I don’t care one bit about his story

[@soothsayerslunk1]

My favorite part was when it ended

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

whats racist about that?

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

@thedeadamongus trueXD

[@DemiGodX]

For the last time, woke crap do not belong in videogames

[@surrendering2within]

Do YOU belong?

[@aurelius6156]

Im not racist. . . . . . . …Enough

[@skytroopr6189]

help i cant tell if he's joking or not

[@zetagundam20x]

Hey guess what bud? Nobody cares.

[@crossycros6744]

😂😂😂 OK 👌

[@foughtthelol]

No racism here, only hypocrisy.

[@irasavage1162]

Racist No. Insensitive Yes.

[@yamazaky2k2]

Oh cry me a river.

[@dasdonut247]

Stereotypes exist for a reason

[@hands-ongaming7180]

Because ignorance

[@hands-ongaming7180]

@thedeadamongus yeah that’s been debunked in a bunch of different ways