Australian Politician Calls for Whore of the Orient Cancellation
Word 'Orient' is racially insensitive
An Australian politician has called for a change of title and the ceasing of development on Whore of the Orient on grounds that the title is racially insensitive.
28-year-old councillor for the City of Monash region, Jieh-Yung Lo, said that "It's the use of the word 'Orient', more even than the word 'whore', that is the issue. The O-word is very similar to the N-word for African-American communities. It's a 19th century racial-colonial conception and it's especially painful for older people in the communities. That was a very bad time in China, and people don't want or need to have that dragged up."
Mr Lo, who is of Australian Chinese descent, said the matter has been made worse by the fact that the game, which is being made by former employees of LA Noire dev Team Bondi, has received $200,000 from government-funded Screen New South Wales.
Lo, who describes himself as a gamer and said he enjoyed LA Noire, has called on the developers to "retract the title and stop development of the game". Contradicting himself somewhat, however, he also said, "The best outcome would be a change of title".
Source: The Age
28-year-old councillor for the City of Monash region, Jieh-Yung Lo, said that "It's the use of the word 'Orient', more even than the word 'whore', that is the issue. The O-word is very similar to the N-word for African-American communities. It's a 19th century racial-colonial conception and it's especially painful for older people in the communities. That was a very bad time in China, and people don't want or need to have that dragged up."
Mr Lo, who is of Australian Chinese descent, said the matter has been made worse by the fact that the game, which is being made by former employees of LA Noire dev Team Bondi, has received $200,000 from government-funded Screen New South Wales.
Lo, who describes himself as a gamer and said he enjoyed LA Noire, has called on the developers to "retract the title and stop development of the game". Contradicting himself somewhat, however, he also said, "The best outcome would be a change of title".
Source: The Age
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Oksanna 14 Sep 2013 18:37
1/2
Is the complaint actually self-promotion for political advancement by
someone positioning themselves as a gatekeeper at the interface of two
different ethnic communities, Australian and Chinese? Check the
complainant's Twitter feed. Nothing about real human rights violations in China or Australia but plenty of political back-scratching. Wxxxx of the Oxxxxx being the
supposedly offensive title... Hmm, there is almost a rare irony somewhere in all of this.
someone positioning themselves as a gatekeeper at the interface of two
different ethnic communities, Australian and Chinese? Check the
complainant's Twitter feed. Nothing about real human rights violations in China or Australia but plenty of political back-scratching. Wxxxx of the Oxxxxx being the
supposedly offensive title... Hmm, there is almost a rare irony somewhere in all of this.
Oksanna 14 Sep 2013 18:37
2/2
Is the complaint actually self-promotion for political advancement by
someone positioning themselves as a gatekeeper at the interface of two
different ethnic communities, Australian and Chinese? Check the
complainant's Twitter feed. Nothing about human rights violations in
China or Australia but plenty of political back-scratching. Wxxxx of the Oxxxxx being the
supposedly offensive title... Hmm, there is almost a rare irony somewhere in all of this.
someone positioning themselves as a gatekeeper at the interface of two
different ethnic communities, Australian and Chinese? Check the
complainant's Twitter feed. Nothing about human rights violations in
China or Australia but plenty of political back-scratching. Wxxxx of the Oxxxxx being the
supposedly offensive title... Hmm, there is almost a rare irony somewhere in all of this.