Racism can be found anywhere you look, even in so called "games". Rockstar Games have released a series of games many people are familiar with and I myself am guilty of playing. The Grand Theft Auto franchise features racism and racial stereotypes in the most controversial ways. Specifically in the game Vice City there have been unhumanitarian slurs used and encourages gang violence. A Haitian group is up in arms about the games use of racial violence toward their particular group. The players in the game were told to "kill the Haitians" in the orginal release of the game but has since been revised and rereleased. The fact that these games are sold and purchased for entertainment purposes but support outright violence and killing against people and groups who are different is despicable. The Franchise is currently working on their fifth game, in which the main characters, generally either black or white are set in to typical stereotypes and sent to kill one another and fulfill other gang related duties. The Grand Theft Auto Franchise is both disconcerting and harmful to any movement aiming to educate the youth in egalitarian ways.
I totally agree with you on racism in games.. when i first played vice city i was so shocked at some of the things i heard the characters saying!
ReplyDeleteI remember playing this game it was actually one of my favorite games. At the time I never thought of the way racial concepts had been a part of the game. A lot of games definitely have racism in them. This was an interesting view to mention.
ReplyDeleteNo, the game does not " but support outright violence and killing against people and groups who are different". It is a game. Games and movies ect themselves are not violent, they are depictions of violence.
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