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[–]itsoktobewhite 13 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 5 fun -  (12 children)

If they released a video game with black/white titles today there would unironically be some kind of backlash.

[–]Dashing-Dove 17 insightful - 13 fun17 insightful - 12 fun18 insightful - 13 fun -  (11 children)

NY Times: Pokemon White: Sales Up 20% over Black, Suggestive of Racial Bias Among Gamers?

[–]AnarchySpeach 13 insightful - 7 fun13 insightful - 6 fun14 insightful - 7 fun -  (10 children)

Please. Stop. Don't give them any ideas.

Edit: Fuck. We were too late. https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/21/confronting-racial-bias-in-video-games/

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I wonder how many people would bite if someone writes this article and tweets it out...

[–]AnarchySpeach 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If the title is catchy enough, I'm guessing a lot.

[–]Fat_Neckbeard 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Notice how the white PS5 is more powerful than the black PS4? RACISM!!!

[–]teelo[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

The white Wii is more powerful than the coloured Gamecube. ZOMG WAICISM!!!!!!11

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    [–]teelo[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    [–]Redfall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    The numbers don't lie.

    [–]SonterLord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    inb4 ps5 delay announcement.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    81% identify as “white/Caucasian/European”

    7% identify as “Hispanic/Latinx”

    2% identify as “Black/African-American/African/Afro-Caribbean”

    If you take the "underrepresented" ethnicities and assume they are the top slice of their respective bell curves and then adjust for their population average IQs(89,85) their inferred IQ comes out as 100 ie as intelligent as the average gamer.

    It's almost as if American society was a meritocracy that judges people by the content of their character.