"Instead of bringing people together in laughter, this board game has caused pain and outrage. I urge Mr. Chang to stop marketing 'Ghettopoly' and stop production on the complete line of games that is insensitive, harmful, and in bad taste," said Rep. [Mike] Honda.
Ghettopoly, the board game created by an Asian-American to mock African-Americans, is facing a lawsuit filed by established game maker Hasbro. Because of its association with the venerable Monopoly, Hasbro asserts its reputation is being injured by a similarly named game that celebrates bigotry. Salon fills us in.…
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26 - Mac Diva
The comparison in regard to motivation is quite apt. Buy yourself a clue, TDavid.
27 - Jim Carruthers
Ally Sheedy's dandruff cries for you all.
Obviously the chix can't hold their tokes.
28 - TDavid
I heard that Professor Mustard in the study with the candle stick did it -- and some would say he was a racist too. Something about those whiskers ...
29 - TDavid
Oops my bad, it was Colonel Mustard! I never was good at the game Clue. I probably would suck at Ghettopoly too lol.
30 - Natalie Davis
"Common blood"? Last I checked, all blood was the same -- red.
I don't doubt that a lot of people group themselves thusly. I just don't understand it, is all, and it is doubtful that I ever will.
31 - Natalie Davis
Apologies if this goes through a second time, but I posted and saw the comment go through to the sidebar at right, but it did not appear on this page. Perhaps the MT commenting system is as befuddled by some people's need to segregate as I am.
Anyhoo, the comment was:
"Common blood"? Last I checked, all blood was the same -- red.
I don't doubt that a lot of people group themselves thusly. I just don't understand it, is all, and it is doubtful that I ever will.
32 - BB
Good grief. Welcome to the dysfunctional family affectionally known as Blogcritics.org. What have I gotten myself into?
Eric got it right:
"Common blood provides a comfort level, and that comfort is not to be denied, but it is also the most atavistic of comforts, that engages nothing more progressive or evolved than our reptile brains."
Now if I could only figure out what it actually means.
33 - BB
We pause for station identification. Good grief. Welcome to the dysfunctional family affectionally known as Blogcritics.org. What have I gotten myself into?
I think Eric got it right:
"Common blood provides a comfort level, and that comfort is not to be denied, but it is also the most atavistic of comforts, that engages nothing more progressive or evolved than our reptile brains."
Now if I could only figure out what it means.
34 - visualsimplicity
When I say "similar interest" I don't mean "having the color be the interest." Generally, within certain cultures you are raised a certain way and those certain aspects of each culture allow similar people to come together. For example, from my personal experiences, the way an Asian parent treats their child is some what different from the way, say, a white parent would treat their child. These little differences allow one Asian child to relate more closely to another and much the same for other ethnicity.
Regardless, I am not saying that different ethnicities don't intermingle well. I'm sure most Americans can claim they have a rather large differring ethnic network of friends, but their closeknit group of friends most likely are of the same ethnicity.
35 - debbie
Visualsimplicity,
I know what you meant. There are differences within each culture, that is what is why "cultural diversity" is a great thing. You get to experience something outside of "your norm".
But people tend to gather in groups with like interests or backgrounds. It doesn't have to do with skin color as much as it does with "cultural background".
It is intersting that when immigrants move to our country that they tend to move into their own "ethnic communities". Not because they are racist but because they might have friends and relatives living there already. But also because it is comforting to live in a community that has the same values and background that you have. It makes it less ominous to move to a new country and start over.
I don't know, maybe we should be celebrating the things that we have in common instead of the differences that we have. Maybe that would help enlighten some people.
36 - Natalie Davis
Well, again, that makes me different from "most people." Which makes me happy. Doesn't end my bewilderment, though.
37 - Jim Carruthers
I would like to pause and quote Milk and Cheese: "Gin Makes A Man Mean".
That said, let's booze up and riot. Plus the Xian Science Monitor has a piece about marketing hip hop culture. Surprizingly it's all the fault of MTV apparently.
38 - Jim Carruthers
Of course AC/DC said it best when they said:
But for me, myself I like the bay-tay-oh
39 - Jim Carruthers
Of course AC/DC said it best when they said:
But for me, myself I like the bay-tay-oh