OW1 ends with 32 heroes: not 1 black woman

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Again with the “tokenism” excuse :roll_eyes:

There isnt a black person in media: good, better this way instead of forced diversity

There is a black person in media: its tokenism

There is no middle ground, there is always an excuse

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Bro most of Egypt is in Africa, so what about Ana

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I stopped reading after “tokenism”

Honestly I’m sick to death of all the token white people in Overwatch, and honestly what’s up with Torbjorn having a wife and kids, it’s obviously just done to appeal to the straights. I wish they could write believable white people. SMH.

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For me personally It becomes a joke when you start hiring people just for their skin color instead of their skills

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So we pretend Efi and Risa don’t exist and also don’t grt ANY story? GOTCHA!

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Ana is from Africa…
The hero list could be completely mixed race or black with no white heroes and I wouldn’t mind if the gameplay was fun :man_shrugging:t3:

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People on the forums did not pass on the geografy 5th grade test

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Just curious. Where does representation begin and end?

OW has a TON of Diversity. Heroes of different races, species, from different countries and ideologies. Why is specifically having a Black Woman important here? Adding a character to fill “representation” Quota is terrible. The character, like Sojourn, should be more than “black woman”.

When is it “enough”? When is there “enough” representation/diversity that people will be happy? Asking for a character so one can be represented is a bad starting stand point. A character should not be defined by, and played based on, their race.

Characters are diverse and I can relate to many of them even though I am of a different race, sex, gender and sexuality.

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I don’t like any of of this “token” stuff it’s hella offensive

in London it multi-cultural area with more than 40% of the population there being non-white and recently a top end private school got visited by the Royal family and many people called the Headmistress a “token” as she was black and was showing them around her school, like WHAT? it’s the headmistress/headmasters job to show their guests around a school.

LIKE COME ON THATS HER MOMENT AND PPL GONNA CALL HER A TOKEN?

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Ethnicity does not equal race. Just because a character has African ethnicity that doesn’t mean their race is automatically black.

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Rent free
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Geography is hard brooo

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What that does has to do with anything???

And I agree, people should be hired because of their skills not the skin color. But then again, POC people dont get the same oportunity as their white counterparts.

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but she literally is black bro

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Damn boi he thiccccccc

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I don’t think this is worth replying to. If you don’t have enough empathy in your heart to even realise what is being asked and why then I don’t think you’ll ever understand.

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Chonker :flushed: :flushed: :flushed:

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So sad, oh the humanity :upside_down_face:

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Shes not a black woman for the love of god, or do you think any person from Africa is instantly black? You do know there is white people in South Africa, right??

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Well if we used this example what about those who live in Africa/south Africa that are white? Are you saying because they are African that they are black?

sorry just a bit confused on what you mean here.

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