Recently, some heat got thrust toward Borderlands 2 has come about. Mike Sacco, creative developer at Cryptozoic Entertainment sent a tweet to Anthony Burch, the lead writer of Borderlands 2, stating that "Tiny Tina's trope of 'white girl talkin' like them urban folk!!' has got to go." (source)
This lead to many people hitting up twitter with their own opinions regarding the matter as well as Burch himself firing back (you can read his responses in the link above).
This situation reminds me of some rather wise words I was told in the past: "reverse racism is the worst form of racism." What this means is that people of all races seem to walk on eggshells and make up for years of racism. It means people being extra friendly to those of different race rather than treating them as equals or calling others racist when they themselves are the only ones who find the racist element of the subject they are speaking of.
On the note of Tiny Tina, I love the character and find her to remind me of most of the females I went to school with (minus the whole being deadly aspect since...you know, nobody I know has killed anyone that I am aware of). Bringing a character with such a personality into a game however appears to bring in a sense of racial tension from those who appear to be overly sensitive to the issue.
In my opinion (after all, this is a blog), the people being so worried about this are the true racists for making an issue out of something that isn't there. Here is a tip for my fellow white people: stop. When the black community get pissed off, take note...but until then, keep your mouth shut about how it is offensive to someone that you are not because more than half of the time, you are wrong.
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