Ethnic Cleansing would fall into the category of extreme racism. It is obvious to see the goal of the game that it, in no way, is trying to hide its racist message. The player is able to choose between a Ku Klux Klan member or a SkinHead and involves the player running through the ghetto killing blacks and Latinos and then eventually killing Jews in the underground subway. There is no subliminal messages that the player needs to decipher The music playing in the background supports white pride ideologies and uses racial slang like the "n" word. There are missing posters of white children on the walls of rooms. I think that this video game is targeted towards children who are unable to see the hidden messages behind the game.
It is clear that it was not the intent of the creator to spend too much time perfect the graphics of the game. The images are very choppy. These types of video games are in circulation to introduce racism into more of the mainstream games like Grand Theft Auto. Thus, these two tactics work together the get their message of white pride and hate towards other races across. Below is a clip of Ethnic Cleansing so that you can see the comparison to that of Grand Theft Auto.
Grand Theft Auto is an example of a video game that has inherited mainstream racism. The premise depicts Carl, a gang member, who is trying to learn more about the murder of his mother while expanding his business ventures. The players of the game are able to make the characters do many motions. It is the person playing that creates the racism on their own. For example, they are able to run black people over with a car and use bombs explosions to simulate suicide bombers. The video below relates to my issue of police discrimination. Some user of the game created a video of why you can not trust a black man to be your partner as a police officer. He did this by using clips from the game. I think that mainstream racism is worse than extreme racism. You have to actually work towards making a mainstream video game into something racist. So, those are the people with deeper rooted discrimination issues.
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Ethnic Cleansing
With regards to games like these, how do we efficiently monitor who is able to buy and use them? I know that they have the "game rating" on them, but most games that we were shown in class could be accessed online, leaving no barrier for an underage gamer to have to overcome. If we can't control who uses the games, can we control who creates them?
ReplyDeleteI think that this is the extent of what we can do. Parental advisory and rating are the only limits we can put on these games. People have a right to access these games and play them if they should so choose. The creator of these game will argue this if they are asked to make their rating more strict.
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