Loco Roco is Racist

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Woo Elephant Yeah
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Loco Roco is Racist

Post by Woo Elephant Yeah »

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio ... 1&Itemid=2

Oh what a load of bollocks! :roll:
For those of you that haven't a clue what this is about, he's referring to the black character in the bottom left of this image
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When I first saw the character it did strike me that people could interpret it as a racial stereotype, especially as it's seems to say "Ooga-booga" and appears to have dreadlocks. All it needed was a bone through the nose and a spear. But if you put it into context you'll see it's just one of many enemies of various colours and shapes and it was probably just a coincidence or design necessity.
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Post by Lee »

Pff now that just stupid, I havent played loco roco but i've seen that character in screenshots and I just assumed it was some sort of spider. Would never have occured to me that it could be racist... I think people are just looking too deeply into everything these days.
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Ah, Japan
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Post by Gunslinger42 »

I hate the blue loco rocos, they sound stupid. If they were a race I'd be racist towards them.
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Post by Joose »

Gunslinger42 wrote:I hate the blue loco rocos, they sound stupid. If they were a race I'd be racist towards them.
Blue-ist!
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