Calling Cerberus racist, in our human terms, is an invalid argument. Racism argues that members of the same species (note: English isn't my native language, so don't jump on me if I mess biological terms), that is - humans, are members of different races based solely on outer differences, like facial features, skin tones etc. Some going to the extremes of taking cultural and language differences as a measure. While that's a moot point, at best, as genetically humans across the planet are practically the same, and the UN banned the use of "race"for different ethnic groups (note: Mass Effect 2's "human genetic diversity" theme left me confused), it is valid for an alien species - quite simply, aliens would be very different from humans. Not necessarily in their looks, but genetically.
That doesn't mean treating an alien as an "inferior", but simply different. I fail to see how Cerberus can be allegedly racist when: one, humans within the organization seem to be treated equally; actually, there isn't a hint of human sub-division at all, to the contrary, it's wholesale human endeavor. Second, why do people here perceive human political (and probably military and technological) superiority, even dominance, as "racist"?
I understand racism seems to be a very touchy subject for people in the West (the vast majority on this forum I suspect being Westerners) but isn't this going too far? A human organization cast down for it's attempt to ensure the welfare of it's own race, in a situation where we have an actual racial variety? Isn't this a taking political liberalism to the extreme and applying it without taking note of the very different context? Humanity arguably has greater goals that may take precedence over nations, even cultures, but again, I fail to see how humanity wholesale benefit can be bad when dealing with aliens, even at their own expense, when they may not only not share same liberal values, but even have opposing values and contrary goals.
Modifié par Burdokva, 26 août 2010 - 10:36 .
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