Resident Evil 5 is not out yet -it hasn't even got a release date- but that didn't stop Black Looks group launching a crusade based on its trailer.
According to Black Looks, "The new Resident Evil video game depicts a white man in what appears to be Africa killing Black people. The Black people are supposed to be zombies and the white man's job is to destroy them and save humanity...
This is problematic on so many levels, including the depiction of Black people as inhuman savages, the killing of Black people by a white man in military clothing, and the fact that this video game is marketed to children and young adults. Start them young... fearing, hating, and destroying Black people."
Resident Evil has had 13 titles in its lineup; all of them featured the same "white man in military clothing" killing white zombies. But if you ignore that history and judge only by what you see onscreen, it is easy to understand Black Looks' point of view.
Resident Evil Lineup:
Resident Evil 1996 PlayStation
Resident Evil 2 1998 PlayStation
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis 1999 PlayStation
Resident Evil Code: Veronica 2000 Dreamcast
Resident Evil Survivor 2000 PlayStation
Resident Evil Gaiden 2001 Game Boy Color
Resident Evil: Survivor 2 Code: Veronica 2001 Arcade
Resident Evil Zero 2002 GameCube None
Resident Evil: Dead Aim 2003 PlayStation 2
Resident Evil Outbreak 2003 PlayStation 2
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 2004 PlayStation 2
Resident Evil 4 2005 GameCube
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles 2007 Wii
Resident Evil 5 2009(?) PlayStation 3
