Black History Month

"keekee53;c-18058515" wrote:

"CAPTAIN_NXR7;c-18057770" wrote:

"EliteGirl;c-18055590" wrote:
I think that there should be shirts (long sleeved and short sleeved) for all genders that say “Black Lives Matter” that Sims can wear, and flags in the game that have African flag colors that you could put on the walls inside or outside your Sims house. I do agree there needs to be a Black History month game pack for “The Sims 4”.

Please, please no. These kind of political statements should stay OUT of this game.

It’s the least Maxis could do for African and African American people.

Seriously though, for the past year or 2 (or 3?) Maxis has been collaborating with black content creators, and the team is constantly patching in textured hair styles. Sure, some were transferred from paid packs to base game, but others are new. Isn’t getting these kind of items saying “black lives matter” without literally saying it? Isn’t getting a steady enough stream of black community inspired content more important than being offered a bowl of grits just for this month?
Having said that, I would love an entire EP inspired by the African Savannah Biome. In sims 3 one of my favorite custom worlds is Ziwa Bonde, and I’m still hoping for something similar to that world in Sims 4. Meanwhile there’s also other stuff the Sim’s team is working on.
Such as occults, I friggin’ hope. ?

I am not seeing a steady stream of content. Not on the level of other representations anyway. What is this steady stream of content anyway? Complex sims was the only one who did something that could be considered "cultural" Transfers from paid packs is not additional content. What is new that was free?

I don't need a black lives matter but I would have like to see something more in comparison to what others got for their month. Oh and we have more food than just a bowl of grits and the way you said it sounds sort of dismissive and rude.

I don’t feel black simmers have been ignored is all I’m trying to say. With a steady flow of content I do mean hair styles, including old and new additions, but also collaborations and consultation with the black community. Don’t get me wrong, I believe there is still a huge lack of textured hairstyles and personally I’d prefer it if they focused on creating more of those instead of dishes, if it HAS to be either/ or. I’m not into pixel dishes that much, so it’s a personal choice, although I get why folks want them.

Back in 2018 we did get Caribbean inspired CAS. The Caribbean is a region with many cultural connections to Africa.



Someone else mentioned the Moroccan inspired kit. A Northern African country is an African country. Moroccans range from light skinned to dark skinned. There are so many African countries with many different cultures. Which country or countries would you like to see represented specifically?
Or are you mostly talking about African American content? The food you mentioned, such as Shrimp and Grits and Fried Chicken with mac and cheese etc., are they African American specific or are they from a particular region in the United States? Were they invented by the black community? I’m not trying to be smart, I’m asking because I’m familiar with some of the dishes but not with the culture. I live in Northern Europe.

I also love the addition of the durag, bonnet and the robe and I’ve already been using them on several of my sims. Again, any of this kind of content no matter how big or small is welcome in my game. I don’t really care what color the person is who made it, as long as they’re skilled and the quality of their content is on par with the rest of the game aesthetics.

I’m always down for getting more cultural inspired items and dishes and worlds in the game, it’s wonderful, but I have zero interest in “it’s unfair that their culture got more representation than our culture” kind of statements, whether or not it’s a celebrated month.
We can only hope that most of us get what we wish for in this life simulator.