try speaking to a sociologist to get a clear definition of race
According the sociologists I know... "race" is an outdated term and is now meaningless.
Instead of racism, it is now called "ethnocentrism" (if I remember last spring correctly.)
Anyway... my beef is over the simple fact that they're not races; they're Factions. (a side from the alleged "Pollitical Correct" concearns of the term "race" [not being used any more in sociology, that is] it is only applied to humans as in history of earth.)
If the mutants and the non-mutants are two seperate groups, then they are Factions or Cultures, but not races.
It's bothering me because it's poor english and using outdated terminology to improperly descibe something, just like tribes said "watch where your shooting" which is not correct either... it would be "watch where you're shooting" to be correct.
I am not a member of the alleged "white race." There is not an alleged "Black race" as so many ethnocentrists may have you think. If some one calls me white I tell them my name and they I am not a color. No one is a color. (if some one wants to refer to themself as such a term, then it is their business. From my experience... I don't know a single person of african descent who would not want to be called "black" and I have been told by said people that they prefer that. I can accept it.. but I certainly don't call them "african-americans" because they are born here just like the rest of us. We don't call "white" people "european-americans" unless they were born in europe.)
I am 24 years old and I have known this crap since I was in 6th grade... 1991? A long time... years before this modern era of game industry was anywhere near where it is now.
It would be sensible and refined to have the language in modern and futuristic games reflect proper term usage.
I guess it boils down to just feeling like for "cutting edge" they certainly are behind-the-times in terminology. I'd rather it all be up to date.
*edit to address Kyrie's note*
Breed would be an acceptable term (when looking at other species; chickens for example) because the species can reproduce completely accross the board with one an other, but each group is of a different specific breed of human.
You don't call different breeds of chickens a different "race." I don't see how you could apply a classification not used in any taxonomy to humans, such as race.
From the looks of the descriptions I have read for the game, these people are of different factions which are in isolated geographic areas. These would be different Culture groups or different Ethnic groups, but certainly not anything to do with this term "race."
Peace.
