Racial slur in werewolves pack

@xochiquetzl_xkvn 

So it was all conjecture on your part. Good to know.

Since I was not familiar with Twilight I looked it up and discovered some interesting facts.

1. There are no werewolves in the films only shapeshifters who have a totally different backstory than werewolves. Unlike werewolves their powers are inherited and they are all from an native indian tribe Shape-shifters of the Quileute tribe are also called Quileute wolves. This is is probably why you thought that werewolves where indigenous indians.

2. There are werewolves  in the books but they were omitted in the films. Probably because they did not play a big part in the main story line. The books mention that unlike shapeshifters a werewolf could singlehandedly kill a Vampire.

3. Looking at YouTube I can see that the shapeshifters bears no resemblance to the Werewolves in The Sims 4. Unlike werewolves the shapeshifters can switch to their wolf form at any time during the day not just at night and the looks are totally different.

You fixated on that the scenery from the film resembled the scenery in the films but it could in fact have been  any small logging town all over the world. The book places it in Forks Washington state. 

The werewolf myth comes from ancient Greece where a man called Lycan angered Zeus so he turned him into a wolf. Major belief in the myth came in the middle ages in central Europe where there were werewolf trials in an area that is now Switzerland. Interestingly a lot of places there looks like the scenery in Moonwood Mills.

If you ever want to write a book on Werewolves I hope you are a bit more educated on the subject

@jpkarlsen 

That being said there is a dormant ability called transformation mastery that allows you to transform at will, making it more like twilight.

This a USA company so the words that have been used to harm Indigenous peoples on this continent matters. On this continent because of it’s historical use since settlers arrived some Indigenous people view the “s” word as our equivalent to the “n” word. Which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate to use.

It is correct that the books (and the films?) mentions that the shapeshifting ability is dormant until they meet a vampire.

Don't know what that has to do with werewolves.

The word savage isn’t a racist word. It can be used in a bad way but it’s not the same as some other purely racist words. If it were only used as a racial slur towards indigenous people in a negative manner it would be considered a racial slur. However the word itself means “

Adjective, adverb, noun it doesn’t matter all forms of the word have been and continues to be used to harm Indigenous peoples of the Americas. In my personal experience I’ve had all forms of the word used against me negatively since at least 5 years old. 

This company resides on stolen land of the Tolowa, Yurok, Chilula, Wiyot, Karok, sinkyone and Muwekma Ohlone to name a few. So the words uses on the continent the company resides on is relevant. 

@CovenantNine 

As others have pointed out, words mean different things in different places. There is a four letter word that means molten metal or glass that also means “woman of loose morals” in the UK and I would not tell a UK simmer she was not allowed to be offended if in a new Iron Man pack the first level of the skill tree was slag and there was flavor text of “Congratulations! You’re a Slag!” 🤣

There’s also a word that means Pakistani immigrant in the UK that is pronounced exactly the same way as the affectionate nickname for liquor stores in Boston (“package stores,” “packy” for short). If the Sims team were to roll out a convenience store pack and set it in Boston, they might be able to get away with naming liquor stores “packies,” but I would expect UK Simmers of Pakistani descent to not love it (and they shouldn’t). If they set the pack in London and spelled it without a C, those same Simmers would be angry to be told that some items of a nefarious nature could only be purchased from a [British ethic slur]. 

Context matters.

I'm going to try and tread carefully here. First of all, to say that a word like savage is a blanket racist slur is incorrect when a person is not viewing the word in context. If everyone took something like this to heart, then there would virtually be no sims game as there'd be people from all cultures accusing the sims team of cultural slurs, cultural appropriation, etc, et al. Secondly, to claim that the "savage" when used as an adjective to refer to a person of indigenous origin is exclusive to American-Indians is being racially insensitive to other peoples who have also had that term applied to them. I refer to Indigenous South and Central Americans, Australian Aboriginals, Indigenous Fijians, pacific islanders. I can even go back in history and point out that the Normans used the term when referring to the Welsh. Coincidently, so did the Romans. Heck, even the English continued to use the term when referring to both the Welsh and the Scottish up until 200 years ago. Yet, no-one of Welsh, Scottish, Aboriginal, Fijian, South/Central American, Pacific Islander descent is complaining and through the term racist around. Look, I a do understand and appreciate that people do cop racial slurs from ignoramus' in this world (and believe you me, there are some real ignoramus' around), but this? Taking a word and saying it is a blanket racial slur (blanket meaning any and all contextual usage of the word) is a bit too much. And, it can also be seen as reverse racism. Just because a handful of ignorant douche-bags have their heads stuck in the backwoods, doesn't mean that all people of anglo-European descent are racist when they use the word. Yet - now correct me if I am wrong - it seem that what is the OP is (in a not so veiled manner) trying to say. 

Look, I'm down in Australia and my ancestors are anything but Anglo-Saxon - try Welsh, Irish, Scottish and Sicilian-Italian (good recipe for a temper. lol). All of them were free settlers and do not originate with the first fleet (1788). Okay, yes, Anglo-Saxons did treat the Aboriginals appallingly - I'm not arguing that - but it was not my ancestors, nor was it me. So why should i have to apologise for something someone else did over 200 years ago? The same goes for this situation. The developers/programmers at EA have used the word savage in a manner that is purely descriptive of an action, not a person or a race. 

Another example, and i feel this is more to the point here. All through infants and primary school (Elementary, early middle school for our US friends) I was picked on by bully's for a number of reasons. Due in part to my temper (see above) and my own personality, I always stood up for myself. Yes, some of those things i was picked on for have followed me through my life - namely a stammer. Now, i could let that affect my social interactions and simply isolate myself from the world. I could be over-sensitive. But i don't. Because being over-sensitive only leads an individual down a vicious spiral - it goes around and around until eventually everything is seen as a slight. And i think that is what happening here. Anglo-European Americans could take offense at being called "White Skins" by certain groups, but do they? 

My point is this. To the OP, if you take offense at certain individuals slinging racial slurs at you, fair enough. That is your right to do so. Just as it is your right - within the bounds of state and federal laws - to stand up to it. Your problem is with them. Not the entire Anglo-European population.

Hey all, I'm going to go ahead and lock this thread as it's going around in circles discussing what is and isn't offensive.

Anyone is entitled to be offended by usage of a word and we appreciate and welcome all feedback that you wish to share with us and the team.

Thanks for taking the time to highlight this @JSmithh013, your feedback has been forwarded to the team.

Darko