When criticizing games for their depiction of women and minorities, remember where many of them come from.
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My 2013 essay on Anita Sarkeesian and women in games: http://www.jjmccullough.com/index.php/2013/03/10/a-rebuttal-to-anita-sarkeesians-tropes-vs-women-episode-1-damsels-in-distress/

Stats on Japanese women:
Labor force participation: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?order=wbapi_data_value_2010+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc

University enrollment:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ENR.TERT.FM.ZS/countries

Pay equality:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/the-mommy-penalty-around-the-world/?_r=0

Baye McNeil, the black American expat in Japan: http://www.bayemcneil.com/

Image of Native Americans care of The4thSnake: http://the4thsnake.deviantart.com/art/Video-Game-Archetypes-Native-American-Fighters-269161284

Hostess club image care of Wes Beltz: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wes_beltz/5150213383/in/set-72157625745613336/