Reply to "Sexism in video games"

I enjoyed reading this post, and thought some good points were raised.
I agree with the fact that female protagonists in video games are on the rise, however, i think it is important to question exactly which female protagonists are becoming more common.

I stumbled across a Youtube video called "Why don't black female characters exist?" Here is the link if you are interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nP_ZvDY47g. Sadly, meanmuggah11 is only able to come up with two examples of black female gaming characters, these included: Sheva Alomar from Resident Evil 5 and Lisa from the Dead or Alive series. Meanmugga11 also makes the point that the actual ethnicity of these two female characters is not obvious, creating confusion about the characters origin. The characters do not possess any defining features of a particular race, making their ethnic identity rather ambiguous.

After watching the video I read the comments posted below. Every single person that commented was in support of more black female protagonists in videogames. Many of those who responded to the video could not understand why more black female characters had not already been created. One viewer also proclaimed, that if black women feel under-represented in games, then they should try being hispanic; apparently the presence of hispanic women in games is even less than that of black women.

In conclusion, my point is that even though female characters are on the incline in videogames, there is still along way to go, with regards to female gaming representation. The video gaming industry not only needs to further increase the presence of women in the games they create, but they also need to represent a wider range of ethnicites alot more frequently. Video game developers are extremely influential and as a result of this I believe they have a responsbility to fairly represent a diverse range of people.