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Perspective of an anonymous Japanese gamer

  First of all, most Japanese people don't give a crap about political correctness. It doesn't mean we have no interest in it. Of course we want the world to be a better place. No war, no racism and no sexual harassments, that is a good thing. So we think political correctness isn't a bad thing.

 However, we don't really need to be concerned about that even in games or other entertainments, do we? Do you think for yourselves while gaming, "hey there is a Asian man in this game, that is a good point because that's diverse"? No. We want a good game with a good story, good animations, good music, good dialogues and good characters. Not the diversity. I know the diversity in characters makes a good story. Unique and diverse characters will definitely make the story interesting, but the what's wrong is that the PC people are criticizing in lack of diversity, not the game itself. Maybe there is a game which is set in Europe which all the characters in the game is white and no black people, but that is right, that is the setting. There is nothing bad about it. 

Us human has an ability to separate real life from fiction. We don't care if its politically correct or not because that is a fiction. Also, it is only racist if its made of racist purpose. We just want to play good games, watch good films and read good books. 

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  1. jodiasJuly 1, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    Dear Hiroaki,

    I just read an article today that is not directly about political correctness but I thought it had relevance to the topic.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-the-real-reason-republicans-are-so-riled-up-about-critical-race-theory-090015052.html

    It’s an article about how some conservative groups in the States oppose the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools. The interesting thing is that if the people who say they oppose the the teaching of CRT are asked instead whether they agree or disagree with the concept that “racism is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies,” they tend to agree with that statement. This gets at the problem of the label not being the same thing, necessarily, of what that label is supposed to represent.

    This is much like how someone might answer “Yeah, games should just be about fun” if they are asked the leading question “Do you think it’s PC to be concerned about having more LBGTQ+ individuals as characters in games?” But, if you asked “Would you like to see more characters in games who you can relate to and who make you feel like you belong,” most people would think there’s nothing at all PC about that. The label can mask the gist of the issue. Just something to think about.

    Cheers,
    Joseph D.

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  2. jodiasJuly 14, 2021 at 8:29 PM

    You need to cite a source or sources even for your perspectives, even if it's largely a composite of various sources. By using the citation generator at https://www.scribbr.com/apa-citation-generator/ it's possible to even cite YouTube videos or Internet forums as sources. Creative works, such as films or games can also be cited.

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