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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. It's a racist industry by gamer4Life · · Score: 1, Troll

    Not only that, but white male protagonists abound in almost all games. Blacks are significantly under-represented even though they play a significant percentage. There are many Asian people that play and program as well, and they are significantly under-represented in videogames.

    Are white people more racist that they can't play anything else other than a white man?

    Well going online only affirms the assumption that white people are more racist - not genetically of course, but we live in a society that accepts white people as the center of the world. Nothing in the world happens without a white man.

    (You can see this in movies and TV shows too - how many blacks/asians did you see in NYC in Seinfeld or Sex in the City?)