I mean, I sorta thought that at first, but... seriously.
It's not like Claire Redfield can be black, you know?
Jill was established back in RE1, and in RE2, Leon was introduced. That was really their last chance to make a main character non-caucasion (unless you count the retarted steve character in RE:Code Veronica)
I doubt any of those people who comment are aware that the "protagonist" is an ongoing character who makes an appearance in two Resident Evil Games (RE1 and RE:Code Veronica).
Just because he's in Africa doesn't mean anything.
Perhaps Wesker desices to experiment and theres an outbreak. in Africa, and Chris is sent in to investigate.
That's very likely the plot :P.
And for what it's worth, it's not like there can't be white people in other parts of the game. In RE4, most of the trailers focused on the early portions, involving the villagers. There wasn't much on the army zombies, or the religious cult zombies.
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