Kinect dubbed "racist"

[Dan E]

Well that is just a product problem. Technology can't be racist and can't even know if your black, white, asian, or hispanic. At least not the Kinect.

 

[Nouw]

Only a single troll dubbed it racist guys...
Also, they should fix that!

 

[Paksenarrion]

Wow so nobody is actually reading the link? way to go escapist

I certainly read the link! I was shocked and appalled when the game makers attended the interview wearing nazi uniforms, and were plainly stating that the only gamers rich enough to buy the game were white! If that wasn't enough, they brought out their newest game: Resurrected Hitler Dating Game with Motion Sensing Thrusting Motion!

Before anyone asks, no, that is not what the link is really about.

 

[8bitmaster]

I.. Am genuinely lost for words.

What is it with people shouting 'RACIST!!' at every little fucking thing?

nintendo is racist! Only black and white wiis and the new pokemon is black and white! Where is the rest!

(trolling to make a point)

 

[Imp Poster]

Before anyone asks, no, that is not what the link is really about.

Dam, now I am not clicking on the link. This is just a wanna be racist thing.

 

[Mechsoap]

its sometimes hard to make these things work with dark surfaces aka dark skinned people, its darker, i dont know but to me it sounds just like an design flaw.

 

[esperandote]

Kinect is racist? Isn't it black?

 

[Red Right Hand]

Wait, how can an inanimate object be racist?

 

[thiosk]

Kinect doesn't much care for jews, either.

Technology is racist! I must become Amish now!

I hate to break it to you, but... I think the Amish are racist, too. I mean, have you ever even seen a black Amish person?

Light doesn't reflect off them as well, so they are functionally invisible.

 

[mr_rubino]

We're now 2 pages in. Are any of you going to read the link?
Or is this just going be be just another echo chamber for pampered white schoolchildren to whine about how racism doesn't exist in any context?

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I.. I.. what..?

Some people are just either fucking retarded, or looking for their "claim to fame" in the spotlight for these things. In this case, I'm considering it is both of these.

 

[Chrinik]

I find it racist that black minoritys get all the attention, what´s with the others?
What I find the most hillarious about racism claims these days is that it mainly comes from white people, ASSUMING that it could offend a certain minority...which is basically also racism because they take away THEIR opinion, and replace it with their own just in case.
Like the word "Black" is inapropiate, because it is "Afro-American"...which is bullshit towards a black dude who has been born in fucking europe or ACTUALLY in Africa...
Serriously, call some hot-blooded african "Afro-american" and he will be severely pissed at you.
This is why I think the term "Black" is okay, because it is obvious...just as much as I am white, even though my skin is a yellowy-pinkish-skintone. I don´t go around wanting to be called "non-pigmented" by everyone, or "Euro-american" if I migrate to the states or whatever<.<
People should just stop making stupid asumptions.
It´s like the "shaved head=nazi" stereotype that follows me around here<.<

 

[The Stonker]

Well, whilst I doubt it's intentionally racist, it's still a pretty gigantic slip up that should have been identified in testing. Nicely done, Microsoft.

I doubt microsoft can bend the laws of light.
Darker colours reflect less light rather then lighter colours.
Fact.

 

[Scde2]

That's it.

Reflection of light is racist!

 

[C95J]

what's next, Kinect is sexist because...
women have boobs, which gives them a larger surface area.
which makes them easier to detect.
which makes the game easier for them.

OT: wow, so are they going to tell reality to change the laws of physics?

don't give them any idea's

OT: Why do some people have to hate video games so much they have to accuse them of everything wrong?

 

[hem dazon 90]

Hey if this kid thinks its racist who are you to argue?

 

[sarge1942]

man, i saw that in class today, turned to the guy beside me and said "look at that, it's racist", what i saw didn't call it racist though, it just said that it didn't pick up light very well and i said it to be stupid on purpose... i hope noone took this seriously.

 

[Private Custard]

Isn't everything racist nowadays?


But don't forget, racism is only a one-way door.

I fucking give up!!

 

[rossable]

I.. Am genuinely lost for words.

What is it with people shouting 'RACIST!!' at every little fucking thing?

it's better than a few years ago when it was 'INTOLERANCE'. the racist thing can be debunked easily and anyone with even an ounce of critical thinking can see the media for what it is, a clamor for ratings based on words and our reactions/connotations to them.

 

[MrGalactus]

Reminds me of the old "its racist because there's no black people in it" argument
yeah...no.

Hold on a minute, isn't kinect itself black?