Calling representation a “preference” ignores the reality that for marginalized people, absence isn’t neutral. When games default to all-white casts, it reinforces the idea that some identities are universal while others are optional add-ons. Saying this is a “recent demand” erases the fact that Black people existed in the 80s and have always existed in these spaces, even when media chose not to show us. You’re free to make whatever creative choices you want, but those choices still communicate values, intentionally or not. Creative freedom doesn’t mean those choices are beyond critique, especially when they contribute to a long-standing pattern of exclusion. Wanting to see racial difference reflected isn’t entitlement... it’s a reasonable response to being consistently left out.
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