I realize 4chan isn't the best place to try to have a discussion about this, but there's nowhere else where I can ask this question and not have my post be deleted.
Are there any video games that have "realistic" depictions of racism and racist characters? I don't mean fantasy racism where elves hate dwarves, nor do I mean the caricature of racism from the modern Wolfenstein games. I mean actual racist characters who use slurs and talk like how a real racist would talk.
I've always wanted to play a game set during the American civil war period, but seemingly no developer is willing to touch this area of history with a ten foot pole (excluding games like Hell Let Loose that are just historical shooters). There's tons of movies set during the civil war that have brutal depictions of racism and violence, so why are video games so afraid? Can you imagine the media reaction to a game set during the civil war that had a plantation owner say the word "nigger"? Alternatively, can you imagine a game that has you fighting a gang of skinheads who were all written to speak in non-racist language for risk of offending anyone?
Idk, it just feels like video games as a medium have a lot of maturing to do before they're taken as seriously as film, and this refusal to depict uncomfortable subjects feels like one of the largest obstacles to that. I realize this post is pretty pointless but like I said, I have no where else where I can discuss it.
