120 + Champs... ONE black guy. Really?

Occams Raiser·4/21/2015, 7:14:55 AM·6 votes·4,615 views

What about that ethnic diversity. I have heard that America isn't the only country that is racist. There was an article I read about Denzel and Will Smith not bringing in money internationally. Sony leaks exposed office emails about the monetary risk vs reward that casting black actors in big budget movies presented to the company. Do you do the right thing and cast who is best for the role, or do you get Tom Cruise because you know certain countries don't come out for black actors. Bad example. Tom Cruise Is always right if something is blowing up. BUT you get my point.

No segue needed. Why is Lucian the only black champ in a fantasy land where ethnicity could be evenly distributed? Why do people still have to ask these questions in 2015? Does it really never come up in white people's minds. For Sony it does every time they think about their bottom line. They just go the other way. I guess Lucian is going to have to date white women.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but they got umteen Yordles... so.

Edit: Before anyone makes a concept drawing there are more choices than thin, light skinned woman and fat, dark skin blowhard woman.

163 Comments

TehNACHO4/21/2015, 7:16:32 AM29 votes

Well I mean, there's only one minotaur. How Xenophobic us Americans must be to only allow one of them in the game.

IcyPepper4/21/2015, 7:32:12 AM18 votes

Aatrox Alistar Amumu Anivia Azir Bard Blitzcrank Brand Cassiopeia Chogath DrMundo Draven Elise Evelynn Fiddlesticks Fizz Galio Gnar Hecarim Heimerdinger Jax Kalista Karthus Kassadin Kennen Khazix KogMaw Leblanc Lissandra Lulu Malphite Lucian Malzahar Maokai Mordekaiser Nami Nasus Nautilus Nidalee Nocturne Orianna Pantheon Poppy Rammus RekSai Renekton Rumble Ryze Shen Shyvana Skarner Soraka Syndra Teemo Thresh Tristana Trundle Twitch Urgot Varus Veigar Velkoz Viktor Volibear Warwick MonkeyKing Xerath Yorick Zac Zed Ziggs Zyra

Lots of colors if you ask me.

Trylobyte4/21/2015, 12:03:31 PM12 votes

Man, this game is so discriminatory against Americans. I mean, 35% of US citizens are overweight, but our only representative ingame is Gragas?

More black champs. More fat champs. For Diversity. For Demacia America.

Nameless Hero4/21/2015, 12:05:12 PM10 votes

You are absolutely right man. They have 1 canonically, evidently and inyourfacely black character and did you see how many racist Nigger jokes we got already?

But you forgot that League of Legends has tons of Asian characters Ahri Akali Irelia Karma LeeSin MasterYi XinZhao Yasuo Zed

tons of Middle east type characters Malzahar Sivir Amumu

Eskimo champions Nunu

French champions Fiora

Greek champions Leona Pantheon Diana Alistar

Smurfs Kalista Poppy Ryze Tristana Soraka

Furries Gnar Nasus Rengar Rumble MonkeyKing Ziggs TwitchUdyr

and weird monstrosities UrgotKogMaw Malphite Maokai RekSai Trundle Teemo

So yeah, league is racially diverse. And it has pirate, ninja, robot, zombie, kungfu chicks too so...

Remember that PROMOTING DIVERSITY is not the same as NOT BEING RACIST. While it is good to have black characters, diversity means a lot more than adding more black heroes so that you are not labelled as racist. A LOT of american series have a very hamfisted approach to diversity because they are legally obliged to have a diverse cast and thus make really poor black characters AND make him handicapped, gay, ugly, nerdy, jewish or transgender (*cough cough Unique from Glee, Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle, Angela Pearly-Gates Montenegro cough cough) just so that the rest of the cast can just be blond, rich and white.

Valuing a culturally diverse hero in League and indeed, valuing a cultural hero in real life means respecting his/her deeds, his cultural heritage, manerisms and language and wrapping it up in a snazzy package because he/she is cool. It's harder to make a cool black character because the expectations are higher and probably because most writers are white males and it's downright insulting and racist to make a hero whoose only definining trait is that he is black. Therefore I'd rather have only 1 badass Samuel Lee Jackson type character done well than having a multitude of Steve Urkels and Jar jar binks.

or worse

having all the black voice actors play the role of orc and troll savages like in a certain other Moba.

skyfall6194/21/2015, 7:50:58 AM10 votes

Karma Lucian Nasus MonkeyKing Azir champs that are black and may be black at heart. that nasus voice tho

1011001110004/21/2015, 8:10:42 AM10 votes

120+ champs... ONE star child. Really?

Alljoy4/21/2015, 10:23:01 AM8 votes

I guess Lucian is going to have to date white women.

Somehow I doubt dating in on his list of priorities while his wife is trapped in a sadistic spectral abomination's lantern.

Also, what's wrong with interracial dating?

Killstrado4/21/2015, 1:34:19 PM7 votes

Skarner I miss my kind

Empress Unicorn4/21/2015, 8:37:55 AM6 votes

I like how people are so concerned woth "race" when in fact there is no such thing and that the people of the real world are all one species--homosapien. Like I tell everyone in game who bitches about feeders and people who have bad games-- Get off your high horse, stop complaining, and play the game.

chimchilla4/21/2015, 8:13:36 AM5 votes

they really dont have to make another black champion ....i think i can speak for 95% of the community here and say , we dont care about what you want ...its a fantasy universe , they can do with it what they want ...now stop nagging

summoner 4 AHAAAAA , SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE !!!!

Pandemic Punch4/21/2015, 7:27:26 AM5 votes

Galio Do I have a say in this?

The Bearded Bard4/21/2015, 3:54:07 PM5 votes

I mean Lucian's wife was also black, but she's stuck in Thresh's prison. I guess that makes Riot even more racist for perpetuating stereotypes, eh?

Get over yourself.

macromite4/21/2015, 11:32:07 PM4 votes

I agree, there needs to be more than one black champion Nocturne

BerserkGoldfish4/21/2015, 8:57:08 AM4 votes

theres only one man who identifies as a giant crab monster, how insensitive of us.

SeductiveGrandpa4/21/2015, 11:50:13 AM4 votes

I feel like this is just some really obvious bait for someone to call me a racist for wanting more yordles more than any other new champions.

GetBoomedOn4/21/2015, 7:41:58 AM2 votes

Look all the white people comparing black people to monsters and a fucking minotaur. Well everyone knows ya'll are racist behind your computer screens anyways so no surprise here.