[monksy]

> It's easy for us white dudes (as I assume you are, based on your post)

That's a racist stereotype.

> the privilege of identifying with the inevitable white dude main character

You're telling me that people relate to some ex-military dude that goes around shooting people who shoot at them? (COD) You're also telling me that we relate to some girl jumping on top of buildings and running around? (Mirrors edge) The same with a ripped Spartan with chains embedded in his arms? (God of War) [To make things worse... his skin has been dyed many times over]

You've got to be loony if you believe that the race of the character prevents someone from relating. From my perspective its a fantasy world you're entering. Just because I'm playing Sonic the Hedgehog doesn't mean that I can't relate just due to it's Hedgehoggian race.

[mrcharles]

> That's a racist stereotype

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M

[jschwartzi]

Yo, if you're going to reply with a youtube link, would you mind explaining what it's about so we know what we're clicking on?

[mrcharles]

It's a debunking of 'reverse racism'.

[Dylan16807]

Nobody said 'reverse racism'.

The person you replied to was clearly talking about racial stereotyping. The objection was to the stereotyping.

A video that debunks reverse racism is not an appropriate reply to what is (at worst) effectively a typo. s/ist/ial/ and done.

[mrcharles]

Guessing that someone arguing from an obvious position of privilege is a white guy is only a racist stereotype if you believe reverse racism exists.

[Dylan16807]

...you're ignoring what I said. Ignore the word racism. It's objectively a racial stereotype to call someone's race based on the way they're talking.

Arguments about the term 'racism' don't matter. He meant 'racial'.