Forum:Racism in Mass Effect

Hey, so has anyone else noticed that Mass Effect's writers used some pretty offensive stereotypes in creating some of the different species for the games.

The Volus look like something out of a Gestapo propaganda movie or a Truther conspiracy theory (physically inferior, control the banks, universally seen as deceitful/greedy, tend to be moneylenders/merchants/bankers, etc.).

Somewhat less obvious are the Quarians who - according to the backstory - are basically gypsy stereotypes (treated as second-class citizens, seen as thieves because they tend to suck an entire solar system's resources dry, extremely insular, etc.).

Even if this is just lazy writing (something the ME team are hardly unknown for) why has it gone unnoticed?