Okay, I am going to say it: What’s with all the Nazeem hate?
I mean, sure, he is a slightly obnoxious snob. And I am not going to judge any Skyrim player too harshly who decides to pickpocket him.
But when you search for him on YouTube, there is a sheer endless list of videos where players kill him. Is there any other NPC in the game who gets murdered by Skyrim players as often as Nazeem, and so enthusiastically? Outside of the Dark Brotherhood questline, that is - and I am not so sure even about those.
Maybe, just maybe it’s because he is the first “uppity black man” the player is likely to encounter who doesn’t worship the ground that a scruffy adventurer who just entered town walks upon.
Contemplate this, and maybe don’t murder Nazeem on your next playthrough. Just a thought.
#racism
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I’m sure it started with a racist twinge. You roll into the first big city of the game, you’re still low level with no street cred, and some black guy/Redguard starts talking shit. I’ll bang my gavel on that.
But also, once you start dropping anvils on a character, it is hard to stop. That’s another (comedically innocent) aspect of the dynamic.
I don’t believe the nazeem hate has anything to do with racism.
It’s the condescending arrogance, snobby bullshit.
He’s the closest thing the game has to the adoring fan or Fargoth in that he’s obnoxious and close enough to the critical path through the game that most players will have encountered him.
