I am so sorry to hear about your brother. It must be really hard and I can't imagine how you must be feeling. My best wishes that you find answers and strength to you and your family to make it through this.
As for the people commenting these things, saying that is simply pathetic. Everything is racist or sexist these days according to people who want to "promote equality" but actually these people themeselves are being exactly what they are accusing you of by not allowing you to create a sim family that represents your own culture. A family can consist of any singular colour - that doesn't mean they are racist for not having an other colour in it. Practically all my sims are white females because I am a white female - that is simply a way I "identify" with my sims.
And you can dress your sims in any colour you want. Just because you used pink and blue does not mean you are sexist. How is any colour sexist, anyway? People are free to wear whatever they want. Worst of all is that these aren't even people: THEY ARE SIMS. Virtual little dolls that are supposed to be created any way their creators want them, because the game is about us being able to express ourselves creatively or simply pass the time and have fun. I pity these people for being so closed-minded. Social justice is NOT attacking people for anything they imagine is racist or sexist, it's making a positive difference in the real world by helping people who are suffering, like in India, Africa and even first world countries where people are being abused for being who they feel they are. People posting on their expensive laptops about someone that was "sexist" to them by crossing the road before them whilst sipping wine are abusing the cause of social justice whilst there are people out there who actually need help, but people turn a blind eye and go back to themselves. These people are actually just abusing you, in an effort to look rightous and seek attention for themselves.
Being a South African myself, racism is a word often thrown around here. People are so divided by blind hatred about the past that there is barely any hope for peace in the future. Some people have even called me racist for literally anything because of Apartheid, but I was born four years after the official end of it and have nothing to do with it. How could I if I didn't even exist during it? I find it ironic that the people making the most noise about these matters are my generation, young people who didn't live during that time and don't actually even fully understand what happend because all they know, is from history textbooks that are quite biassed and today's motto is "find offence in anything."
Last year, there was a movement called "Afrikaans must Fall", where students believed it is unfair that Afrikaans people can study in their own language when they are forced to study in English or Afrikaans. Sure, that's unfair and they should also get the oppurtunity to study in their own language. That wasn't the riot though - instead of rioting that their own languages should be added, they rioted that Afrikaans must be removed. Right, taking something away from someone else, narrowing the options even more, benefits you and promotes equality? Suuuure.
It saddens me that the world is so angry with each other and I wish people would reflect upon themselves and think if comments like those are really accurate, applicable upon the scenario and nescassary, because the only thing those comments "accomplished," was making you feel guilty for something you did not do.
EDIT: After reading other people's comments, I realize that mine is quite the aggressive rant :lol: Yes, those people are also probably just bitter and jealous. I will not remove my comment though, because this needed to be said. Xx
