Saying riot is racist because we don't have a lot of black champions

DropFill·6/5/2015, 3:44:30 PM·71 votes·5,292 views

Is like saying they hate dogs because we only have one "dog" champion

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Berry Állen6/5/2015, 4:10:13 PM19 votes

Only 1 dog champ? I demand more, a corgi possibly. I think Nasus would love them.

Thanotos Omega6/5/2015, 6:10:36 PM14 votes

I don't think they are being racist, i think they are in a bubble and don't try to break out of it as much as they should, in general, almost every human champion could be black and it wouldn't really change them, so there is no reason not to go ahead and better represent a large part of their player base,

People create what they know, and if you are a white dude you will tend to create white dudes unless you think the theme works better with a specific race, So you kind of have to make a point of actively reminding your self not to do that,

I use the following system, each time i create an idea, i ask myself these questions,

1: Is this character's race/gender important to them in anyway? If Yes all others can be skipped because it would harm the character to make a change,

2: If No to 1, does this character's race and or gender match a majority of existing character's? If yes then change and move on to 3,

3: If it is not important does this character's race or Gender cause any stereotypes? if yes make adjustments, Example i would have reversed Nid's Gender so instead of the common hot female native we instead got a far less common Male nubile savage, the mere act of a minority male being sexually aggressive like Nid is a major deviation from the norm,

With this system you yield a diverse cast without harming them and make sure to avoid unfortunate implications,

LOL Spammer6/5/2015, 7:23:07 PM13 votes

You just compared dogs to people.... That is racist.

I Main Swain6/5/2015, 4:33:23 PM10 votes

I notice there's also a distinct lack of Asian and Hispanic champions, yet I don't seem to hear any complaints about that...

ElJanitorFrank6/5/2015, 8:19:00 PM8 votes

As far as I know, we have 2 dogs and 2 cats.

And 2 black people.

Putting this whole thing into perspective actually makes it sound more racist.

RushingRoses6/5/2015, 6:08:46 PM6 votes

lack of animal champs?

Alistar Anivia Azir Elise Cassiopeia Fizz Gnar Hecarim Kennen Khazix KogMaw Nami Nasus Nidalee Rammus RekSai Skarner Rumble Rengar Renekton Teemo Shyvana Twitch Udyr Volibear Warwick MonkeyKing Ziggs

AbsoluteSadman6/5/2015, 8:30:42 PM6 votes

Then they make a lucian is ekkos dad theory just because there both black.

BiggerBurgger6/6/2015, 12:36:07 AM5 votes

Black champs: Lucian Karma Ekko Dog champ: Nasus

skyfall6196/7/2015, 3:51:44 AM3 votes

Ekko Lucian Karma Nasus (that voice in obviously a black dude) Zed (black guy raised in asia) Nidalee (she is probably mixed) Azir MonkeyKing (clearly)

Lugg6/6/2015, 2:42:56 AM3 votes

I love how people think black is the only race other than white. Plus there are TONS of champs who we don't even know what their race is because of masks. If any race should be saying anything, it's the Hispanics lol.

Occams Raiser6/7/2015, 7:06:02 AM2 votes

OH white people. When will you learn not to comment on racism while being white.

JazzPolice6/5/2015, 6:47:24 PM2 votes

Why don't we also have people complaining about lack of Spanish, Asian and Indian champions?

Samflash36/6/2015, 2:48:49 PM1 votes

Actually they hate dogs. Check out all the cat champions

Ahri Katarina Rengar Nidalee Warwick

EDIT: Welp. I guess I was wrong. Riot do have cats and dogs.

Now where dat penguin at?