So basically, animal crossing added hairdos from black culture, and white people put them on their character in game, and people are genuinely going nuts about it.
the fucking state of discourse online holy shit
like it is a game though i think that is the bigger disconect for me like on real life i can understand the reason why to have this discussion but like people wanting to play the game and use the cool hair that is new and stuff because it is a game and it is a big part of animal crossing is about being able to look how you want to look and deal with animal friends it doesn’t seem the same, like i don’t know i might be just not be taking this seriously enough if so i am sorry i just really think it is a game
I have no background on what the twitter drama is nor have I played Animal crossing. Usually though these cases are like one black person on twitter being like “Hey, these hairstyles have a cultural significance to them and we had to fight to have them be acceptable in white spaces. Please don’t use them as a cool costume”. Then a bunch of outraged gamers pile on blowing it up into “OMGZ, it’s just a game I should be able to do what I want, DOES IT OFFEND YOU? ARE YOU TRIGGERED? stupid SJWs”.
