Let's Explore the Bugs and Racism in Smurfs' Village By Beeline

Hello and welcome to this blog dedicated to all the programming issues and blatant racism found in the game Smurfs' Village. The Toronto based company, that is a part of Capcom has been putting on a minstrel show for your children since last summer and things are about to get a lot worse. Inserted into the game last year were the Swoofs. What are Swoofs you ask? Well see the image below for a picture of one. The Swoofs have certain visual cartoon characteristics associated with black or African cultural stereotypes. The Swoofs dress, act and speak in an unsophisticated way that is evocative of Mammy and Little Black Sambo. The look of the Swoofs was copied from a "savage" cartoon archetype. In the modern era, the Swoofs represent unfortunate stereotypes. Basically they are cannibal looking Smurfs. Back in the 1980s, Hannah Barbera had the decenty to color these characters green, but Beeline had an agenda in mind. That was simply to present these characters just as racist as they were entended to look!

 

 

 

The Swoofs have their history rooted firmly in characters such as these.

 

As you can see the Swoofs have the huge lips along with the same style of shaggy hair as a Minstrel.

  

How are things getting worse? Beeline plans to deface one of the greatest black cultures of all time, ancient Egypt by slapping black faces on the Egyptian characters! This includes defacing one of the proudest monuments of black history the great Sphinx! Yes, your children can erect a shrine to racism, that will give them smurfberries towards their shameful act! Smurfberries are game currency with must otherwise be purchase with real money. Is this 2014, or 1920? What kind of world do we live in where a company like Capcom invests in such racist and degrading ideas? If this is a family game, it is certainly not intended for anyone of black decent.