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b'There aren\\u2019t many black characters in video games with speaking roles, which is why it\\u2019s controversial when some of them are voiced by white actors. The most recent example is Nadine Ross, the strong, black, female antagonist in the upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief\'s End, who is played by a white voice actress.\\xa0To some black players, the fact that major black characters\\u2014few and far between as they are\\u2014are often voiced by white actors is a reflection of a systemic problem. It\\u2019s not the same as a black actor playing a white character, they say, because white actors and white players don\\u2019t have a problem with discrimination and exclusion\\u2014white people are well represented, if not overrepresented, throughout the industry.\\xa0\\xa0This week\\u2019s Radio Motherboard features freelance journalist Shonte Daniels, who wrote the original piece for Motherboard; Kotaku writer Evan Narcisse; and voice actor Dave Fennoy, talking about the practice of casting white actors as black characters and the way black people are...

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