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African Americans and the Video Game Industry

Posted by kdawson on from the in-the-game-but-not-of-the-game dept.

An anonymous reader writes "African Americans spend more money and time playing video games than whites, yet only 2% of game developers are black. This past week, MTV's Multiplayer blog interviewed five black game industry professionals for their perspective on race in the industry. Intelligent Gamer summarizes and highlights portions of this lengthy series of interviews."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And yes, "African-American" is a downright stupid appellation. Can you call a black child born in Denmark "African-American"? Oblig Maddox. Read and agree, or read and be wrong.
  2. Not enough white's in rap music by Maestro485 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Made up statistic:

    Despite the fact that a large percentage of rap music fans are white, only about 2% actually produce rap music! Seriously, who the hell cares? Some people like products of different cultures, whether music or games or anything else. This is a good thing.
  3. Re:Yes please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Saturation, not hue. Everyone's skin is pretty close to the same hue, but the amount of melanin changes the saturation, making it lighter or darker. This has interesting consequences for computer vision, and is also pretty much entirely offtopic.