I'll just comment on each of them:
T-Hawk is not at all stereotype of Mexicans, he is from Mexico but he is obviously Native American Indian. Stereotypical Mexicans are usually short guys with mustache and sombreros.
E. Honda is a stereotype of Sumo fighter, but he is not the only Japanese character in the game. Most of the Street Fighter characters are Japanese (Ryu, Sakura, Geki, Sawada, Skullomania, Makoto, Karin, Akuma, R. Mika, Ibuki and many others who look more like stereotypical Japanese).
Guile is a stereotypical American, when compared to the other American characters like Ken, Balrog, Rufus and the others.
Zangief is definitely a stereotypical Russian, but there aren't many typical Russian characters in Street Fighter.
Dee Jay is 100% stereotype of Jamaicans, but also the only Jamaican character in the game series.
Chun Li is kinda stereotypical Chinese girl, probably inspired by some old Kung Fu movies.
Dhalsim is I think the most stereotypical character of all above, a true Indian Yoga master :D
Pretty sure there's no reason to get after a Japanese game for stereotyping the Japanese...
They're all fighters, and they picked cartoonish ways to make them obviously a caricature of their homeland. That was the point
Blanka, stereotype of green people with electrical powers.
omg the thighs on that chinese chick, i want those sm :(
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Dhalsim for sure. in japan there are sumos. in russian there are giant muscle bound dudes, america certainly has soldiers, etc
i have never seen anything like Dhalsim
you should ask this question about wrestlers. some terrible racial, ethnic stereotypes in pro wrestling
Probably Dee Jay of the Jamaicans or Guile of the Americans xD I feel like while the others do stereotype a bit... I don't honestly think E Honda or Zangief really stereotype. E Honda is designed to look accurate to a sumo wrestler which he does in a unique way... and then Zangief... well Russians are pretty much just universal badasses so yeah that's just accurate. xD
Blanka.
Not ALL Brazilians are green skinned electrified monsters.
I don't believe they're actually bad stereotypes. Check out Street Fighter Church Edition and you'll see that many are actually acting the very same IRL. :)
I belame Donald Trump!! Also the Brazilian guy is literally a green huntchback with a gorilla like body who congers electricity right out of his anus.. I also belame Donald Trump for you not listing him but listing the big slow probably vodka drunk Russian who's the most spot on representative of all the fighters..
My country is always insulted by white nations no matter what we do for them. Always showing racism one or the other way. Specially americans. Dhalsim India
Are you seriously caring about stereotypes in a video game?
Tell me you don't really find these characters offensive.
T Hawk is Native Americans not Mexicans. Also Guile is great
Who cares? It makes fun of everyone so it promotes equality.
It's really hard to choose because now that I'm really thinking about it they're all pretty stereotypical.
Huh.. I never realized that growing up because I just accepted it for what it was..
It brought the worlds greatest fighters into your home television.
I voted chun li because those thighs just ruin her character design...
Lol I love Street Fighter Two, I will never shittalk its treatment of cultures through its characters. I didn't even vote.
I say Dhalsim is the "worst" stereotype if there had to be one.
I picked Dee Jay... even his name is a stereotype.
Fei Long would've been the ultimate one.
stereotyping groups of people is just stupid, feeds prejudices
T hawk is Mexican? Wow this whole time I thought he was native American.
I love this game. Probably one of my favorite games from when I was a kid.
All of them are accurate except the overkill on Dhalsim. Like fuck.
They're all good, except Indian and Mexican is way off lol.
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