This weeks readings were very interesting to me and how racism can be found within game play. Unfortunately I am no stranger and have witnessed the reality of racial injustice and representation in video games. A quote that interested me from the one of the readings was "At one level, video games mirror and embody the injustices we see throughout popular culture and in society at large." (Kanjere 5) We talk about the problems we see within video games and it makes me think to myself about the producers themselves. Do they realize what there are giving to society? Have we as a whole given up our ethics to make more money and drive people farther apart?
This week I would like to bring a real life example of a video game that I have played. That video game being Grand Theft Auto Vice City. This game takes place in Miami Florida, the game consists of a bunch of "bad boys" who all happen to be of cuban origin. The game stereotypes them living in south florida and much of the game consists of drugs and guns. I played this when I was younger and didn't realize how bad it was until learning more about ethics. Looking back at when I was playing the game I had not yet had the ability to realize quite how bad this was to society. Racial injustice is seen in so many different places and I think it is time to hold people in all industries accountable for the actions they choose.
It is also seen in other places of gaming, especially in chats. People seem to think just because they are anonymous they can say whatever they want. I truly believe that people say hurtful, demeaning things that they would never say to a person in real life. We as a society must stop and think about the ways we communicate and try to eliminate the hate towards other people. Like I mentioned before gaming isn't the only place where this is found but I found this article very interesting as I've seen many of these problems in my own life.
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