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Zwijn posted...

According to the RE wiki it was just some indigenous tribe that was infected as well.

Correct. The tribe in RE5 were generational descendants of the original tribe that discovered the Progenitor Virus, and guarded it from outsiders.

I believe it was Tricell that would later take advantage of their isolationism and infect them with Uuroboros under the guise of it being a vaccine. Fucked up, yes, but not racist.

The IGN article is also laughably stupid, and sounds like it was made by a Zoomer whose never actually played the game. There's no mention of Sheva, or her team, (both of which are black, and have awesome moments alongside Chris) to say nothing of how RE4 and 6 somehow get a pass for not being insensitive to Spainards and Russians (and Chinese).

This is just a case of a white knight, white knighting. RE5 was fine when it came out, and it will be fine being remade today. It's not racist to have people of color portrayed in an antagonistic light, and in RE5's case, the African population is only antagonistic because of Wesker and Tricell's involvement.