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submitted 1 year ago by Helix@feddit.de to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

As one of many reasons for xenophobia and racism is the dehumanisation of people who are different, Detroit might help racists step in the shoes of marginalised groups and see how most of them are just victims of racist societies, kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The initial scene with Marcus is pretty powerful to show senseless violence against non-humans. Detroit continues to show how one can become human or become emotionally intelligent instead. Sadly most racists are human...

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[-] maniel@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, like with The Boys series conservatives thought of Homelander as a protagonist, the good guy, a role model

[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Good point, but the protagonists in Detroit are the marginalized.

[-] maniel@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

yeah, but my point was conservative people might not identify with marginalized side here

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