"Really, it's time to move on from petty things you think are racist and really focus on true racism in soceity."

Those "petty" things are the "true" racism in society. Little things add up and up and up. If you think that racism only comes in the form of overt violence or blatant verbal abuse, you're sadly mistaken.

Context is everything and no topic or subject matter should from be immune from the context it's placed in.

That's exactly what N'Gai did. He placed the imagery in RE5 within the greater context of imagery historically (see: http://microscopiq.com/2007/07/blackface-goes-hd/) used to depict black people in the media we consume (films, games, etc.).

N'Gai, I applaud you for trying to explain why the imagery in RE5 is offensive and problematic. It's really an uphill struggle on all points. Most of people, never mind gamers, don't understand oppression, don't understand the concept of privilege, and therefore don't actually understand what racism is. Consequently, they just don't get what all the fuss was about. The blind knee-jerk defensiveness, honed through years of trying to defend the hobby from the moral panic of politicians and parents, was again brought out to defend RE5. Many of the comments to this post as well as in almost every single post or article related to RE5 and its imagery bear this blind ignorance out.

I look forward to the further installments of this series.