I don’t see what’s so special about his reasoning, it’s the same old tired “the best person got the job” excuse which Hollywood uses since the dawn of time to explain why ethnic characters are being portrait by white actors (for some reason the best person for a job always happens to be white).
Don’t get me wrong I…

There is a historical context that makes those two things different, though. There is a long history of using white actors to play POC, often in really racist portrayals, and there is no history of it going the other way. Even when the portrayals aren’t racist themselves, it makes it much harder for non-white actors…

Let me find out that the black actor voices a minor character.

Yeah, a lot of people seem to be missing the point that it’s possible to feel two conflicting things about something like this. One can want more diverse people working on games (as voice actors, artists, programmers, game designers, writers, whatever) and also be a fan of Laura Bailey in this or any role. Both are…

Not that ridiculous, when you consider that these games aren’t made in a social vacuum. People are having this conversation, and everyone has strong opinions about it, including you, and many others on this thread, as is obvious when get mad and you bring up things no one was talking about. So, when you make a…