- Meet Veerender Jubbal, he is a Sikh Canadian who likes to talk about diversity in gaming. He really liked Far Cry 2 because it had a Sikh character. When Far Cry 4 was announced he got upset it didn't include a Sikh character, but a white one.
- Veerender then got mad about Far Cry 4's box art. He said it was racist.
- Here is the box art for the curious:
- Veerender was wrong, of course, to say it was racist as people not looking to get offended could see it was at best a rather on-the-nose commentary on racism. Never mind it was later clarified that the character was neither white, nor the player character. He was actually the villain.
Just so it's clear for those jumping to conclusions: He's not white and that's not the player. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-05-19-far-cry-4-already-playing-with-fire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily …- Veerender's tweet and others decrying the "racism" of the box art still made their way into the news, including an article by Nathan Grayson in Kotaku.
The Problem With Far Cry 4's Box ArtFar Cry 4's box art depicts a man wearing a lavish pink suit using what might be a religious statue as a throne. He has blonde hair and fair skin and his hand rests on the head of a man of color who kneels, passively, clutching a grenade in his hands.- A limited edition version of the game has since done away with the falsely-maligned box art.
- It is no surprise then that Veerender inserted himself into the GamerGate discussion to tell everyone how it was just a bunch of horrible, privileged white men against diversity in gaming.
Gamers should douse themselves in water, and repent. #GamerGate- "Let us put ethics first, & foremost, you know--other than diversity, representation, & uplifting voices of marginalized people." #GamerGate
- "I am a heterosexual, cisgender, white dude, and I am the real minority--not people whom face actual oppression in society!" #GamerGate
- However, his crowning achievement was this simple tweet:
- Behold, the extent of his victory:
- Ironically, his anti-GamerGate hashtag created to shut down those people who he decried as merely a bunch of privileged white dudes, couldn't even stay above the GamerGate-related hashtag for non-white and female supporters after more than a few days.
- Some time later people increasingly noticed a particular oddity with his views. Namely, people realized that Veerender doesn't think it is possible to be racist against white people and that it is even okay for him to be prejudiced against them.
- This attitude is not surprising give the mindset of his more infamous compatriots also holds that it is impossible for anyone to be sexist against men.
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