Since no one had made a post on this yet, I decided to do so, as it's a recent, and rather well documented attempt at anti-black revisionism. In short, the Assasssin's creed game decided to have a game centred in Japan where the male lead is Yasuke(a non-fictional historical figure) and the female lead is Naoe (a fictonal historical figure).
Obviously, it didn't take long for racist revisionists to claim that Yasuke was not a samurai, but actually a retainer, but in reality retainers were a type of samurai, so not only is this statement redundant, it also shows how little they actually care about educating others on Japanese history.
Overall, this situation highlights how even to this day, successful black africans in history will remain a debate. It also highlights how valuable this site is when it comes to discussing it, as it seems some of these racists edited Yasuke's wikipedia page to serve their needs.
I'd really recommend these two links for those who want to learn more about the case:
Another interesting thing is that the Japanese have made games that have featured Yasuke before, such as Samurai warriors 5, so I highly doubt that they take offense to him (though I could be wrong).
Lastly, correct me if I am wrong, but I don't recall there being a huge controversy when this game came out. Posted by BrandonP (Member # 3735) on :
I just think the controversy is silly since Yasuke is an actual historical figure, which is a lot more than can be said of a lot of the stuff in the Assassins Creed franchise. A lot of these anti-woke protestors can be just as whiny and easily triggered as the social justice warriors they complain about.
Posted by Archeopteryx (Member # 23193) on :
Yasuke´s name has also indirectly been brought up in regards to the new TV series Shogun which takes place somewhat later in time. Because of an online article who questioned why there are no Black people in the series a debate started which also came to include Yasuke.
According to this article maybe some of those who protest against Yasukes role in the game are most irritated over the fact that the main male protagonist is not Japanese but a foreigner.
As one debater put it:
quote:“Ubisoft has never made a game with a male East Asian protagonist,” one fan said on X, replying to a post from Assassin’s Creed about the new game. “Do they hate East Asian males?”
Maybe this can lead to questions about if Black people are overrepresented in Western media compared with groups like East Asians, South East Asians, Indians (from India) or Middle Easterners.
Posted by Djehuti (Member # 6698) on :
Black vikings, black samurai, etc. Blacks are being used as pawns in a DEI tokenization agenda to warp and destroy other cultures.
