Tencent collaborated with Snoop Dogg for Fortnite, officially adding the 'C-Walk' as a dance, a notorious gang sign for the Crips. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 2 weeks ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world

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I'm looking forward to 10 year old White boys doing this in broad daylight, and seeing Twitter flip their shit 🍿

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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I believe the objection is not to Snoop for his gang affiliation, but rather to the dance specifically which is being claimed as a more overt gang symbol, sort of like if they added the blood hand sign.

Of course I don't think this is even remotely an issue of concern for most of the reasons others have already commented on this post (it's a pop culture thing now, essentially), but I do think it's worth acknowledging the distinction between person and symbol here to be able to have honest discussion of the topic.

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean I think I understand the argument for your distinction. I don't play either games, I just watched VFX artists reaction and saw Snoop Dogg in it so I was wondering why it's such a big deal with Tencent. As he does seem to "dance" in CoD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdhPvXhXoUM.

I may take slight issue with your last statement. To be clear, I'm not trying to have a "dishonest discussion", I genuinely don't understand the distinction and there isn't really an article or anything here for me to clarify.

Thanks for your reply on it though it does clarify a bit more to me.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

I may take slight issue with your last statement. To be clear, I’m not trying to have a “dishonest discussion”, I genuinely don’t understand the distinction and there isn’t really an article or anything here for me to clarify.

I apologize, I sincerely wasn't trying to imply you were being willfully dishonest or disingenuous, I was just trying to offer the correction to ensure clarity. I promise, I intended no offense and did not mean to imply anything about your character. I hope this clears that up and am legitimately sorry if you felt wronged.