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Alanah Pearce: "Tencent wanted no black people and bigger breasts in a movie they wanted to fund"
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The whole skeleton thing baffled me so much I spent some time looking into it. It seems like it's more a case of companies self-censoring just to be safe rather than there being any actual rule, and it's more that the culture and people themselves simply don't really like seeing skeletons in media. They find it kind of tasteless and disrespectful to the dead rather than scary or anything like that. This was my understanding after a good hour or so googling around and reading up on it.
As for the censoring of black figures (as happened with John Boyega), that shit is just inexcusable and disgusting. Absolutely shameful that western companies get into bed with these backward cretins just for money. Grow a fucking spine.
As for the censoring of black figures (as happened with John Boyega), that shit is just inexcusable and disgusting. Absolutely shameful that western companies get into bed with these backward cretins just for money. Grow a fucking spine.
I am.
Disappointing. Why do other people of color have to pick on us too. It's so disheartening. Moreso than anything else if I'm being honest.
I think I've spent my last dollar on League of Legends.
edit: actually if Arkane is any indication, this feeling doesn't trickle down to Riot so I'll keep spending there until I see otherwise.
Idk I guess because I'm still tapped into the ongoings of society I just can't fathom how some people would still think like that, especially when we've seen how it can hurt a business/career.
Led by 2 Black developers, a Black kid being pushed hard as one of the game's major characters.
Tencent is a whole can of worms
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Footage of China's largest internet company's wild, sexist staff party has gone viral
Female employees were on their knees unscrewing caps of bottles gripped between male employees' thighs.
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Seems like Riot has more creative control here. Wasn't the LoL stuff here before the Tencent investment? I don't think they have leverage for that.
It's enough funnier than that if I remember correctly.
I think the policy is like "no ghosts after the founding of the new China". It's ok if you're making a historic drama with ghosts in it, but ghosts are exterminated when CCP took over.
I think that until now they never interfered/censored stuff in gaming, but we don't know the future
Ive always been confused
The history of slavery and the aftermath is one of the primary reasons why black people are seen as lesser and treated as lesser in countries ran by white people.
Why are black persons treated that way as well in Asian countries? You see racist depictions of black people in japanese media for instance, where did that even come from? American occupation of japan?
Like racism exists in every culture ofc but the way how black people are depicted in non white countries still boggles me
The history of slavery and the aftermath is one of the primary reasons why black people are seen as lesser and treated as lesser in countries ran by white people.
Why are black persons treated that way as well in Asian countries? You see racist depictions of black people in japanese media for instance, where did that even come from? American occupation of japan?
Like racism exists in every culture ofc but the way how black people are depicted in non white countries still boggles me
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I don't believe we've ever known the extent to which Tencent provides feedback to riot games.
Tencent is a whole can of worms
Footage of China's largest internet company's wild, sexist staff party has gone viral
Female employees were on their knees unscrewing caps of bottles gripped between male employees' thighs.
what... the... fuck...
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Your avatar fits this post so well. What the actual fuckTencent is a whole can of worms
Footage of China's largest internet company's wild, sexist staff party has gone viral
Female employees were on their knees unscrewing caps of bottles gripped between male employees' thighs.
EDIT: I had to read to see they weren't in fact giving them the sloppy knob on stage, but were unscrewing caps. Still a crazy amount of what the fucks though
Idk but the west exports a lot of racism. Like probably by virtue of US pop culture exports which emphasize white as the ideal, if that's all foreign countries are seeing, it makes sense that they'd develop and internalize racist ideology.
Though this is not to excuse home grown racism, which I'm sure exists. Human beings love to hate and be bigots.
And it still hasn't hurt their business/careers. They're not operating this way because "they just don't know this is bad." They know exactly what they're doing and what they're trying to promote.
MS is killing people in brazil with xboxs or something apparantly so theyre as bad as tencent (no idea what theyre talking about)
Why? How many examples of characters that are dark-skinned that "mysteriously" get lighter and lighter in subsequent sequels do you need?
And I aint just talking about Tencent here. My default assumption is they are all like this, until proven otherwise. And "proven otherwise" not being profit driven cause it makes them look good.
Didn't they pour some money into Bungie as well? Not for Destiny, but I think their next IP.
How is it whataboutism when she brings it up in the video? Did no one of you watch that video or am I not supposed to react to the content of the post? Y'all never learnt that not getting screwed over is an option?
Read more about it at the link below.From Article said:
Africans and African Americans in China: A Long History, A Troubled Present, and a Promising Future? •
In the article below independent historian Robin Loftin explores the past, present, and possible future relationship between the world’s most populous nation and people of African ancestry. Africa and China have had contact for more than a thousand years. Some scholars assert that the contacts …...
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It's not as laughable as it sounds sadly.
They have a new official plan to strengthen the old "male has to be manly" and "women have to be pretty" and of course no gays or femboys viewpoints.
They're demanding that males have to be manly and not feminine. I don't think bigger breasts (not for every single woman of course) are an unbelievable jump from there.
White supremacy is a global epidemic.
We can point to some of the primary culprits like slavery but the truth is it's only one of many.
If you look closely you see it everywhere. And if you ignore it long enough you think it's a problem that doesn't exist.
This is my guess as well. It's reinforcing stereotypes based on what sells where it's going to be sold.
You said it. It's easy to forget when US news isn't covering it.
Also see: Nestlé and ExxonMobil
Edit: regarding the racism, I recall somewhere that Chinese culture is turned off by dark skin due to the idea of white skin = clean. They see having dark skin as a dirty peasant working in the sun.
And probably a bit of white supremacy in there too.
Her general discussion in the video was about the giant tech companies. Of which they obviously mentioned Microsoft.
The point of the clip and this thread was Tencent.
This shit is so gross. It's sad that shit like this still happens.
That was Netease not Tencent.
Not everything bad happening in China is a CCP ruling guys
But then they tell companies to reduce breast sizes in so many others game and animation lol.
Damn, I hope Sony doesn't reign her in after this. I know she was psyched that they allowed her to keep up podcasting which is something they never do, but I worry they'd look at this as a problem cause corporate gonna corporate.
Not the focal point here because *fuck* tencent, but still.
Not the focal point here because *fuck* tencent, but still.
You better watch out for that xbox, turn your back for one second and itll get you with those sharp edges.
