The kind of clichés I’m talking about are the creation of so-called “tribal” characters who wear pelts and dreads and bone jewelry, without actually doing any research about proper tribal culture in the African continent and the fact that there were hundreds, if not thousands, of individual African tribes til the point of colonisation that all had their own rich cultures, traditions, and religions. The neglect of these different factors happens so often when fighting games add in a “tribal” character and it’s equal parts annoying, boring, and uninspired.
I literally never once said that black characters can’t be “tribal”, I’m saying I want to get rid of the lazy idea of putting black characters in a stereotypical, racist garment and faking the idea of them being tribal. Soulcalibur so far has done a somewhat good job of either A) researching cultures and adapting them through their characters to fit this fantasy world, and B) creating new ideas and mythos to innovate new characters, factions etc. So, not only can they do the first of these things to break the cliché and create a compelling, believable African character, they could also do the second and create a black character that doesnt sit in the stereotype at all.
I’m also not sjw-ing. I’m stating my opinion. There’s no need to respond to me with such aggression.
Side notes:
-there are no white ninjas in SC, to my knowledge. Taki and Natsu are Japanese lol
-Rock is one of the lamest, most uninspired characters in the series because of the fact that his concept is so loosely based on the cliché tribal image. Being born white doesn’t excuse anything lol I literally cannot stand him. He is also the reason that I am afraid of SC creating a black tribal character, since he is the epitome of pigeon-holing a “tribal” concept into a rigid, stereotypical role.