abc7news.com: Ghettopoly: Is It A Racist, Offensive Game?

Okay, lemme first say that I am a person with a sick sense of humor..

That was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The idea of the game is goofy. Exactly who is the target market for this game? Inner city kids can't afford it..Upper class kids have Playstations and XBox's..they don't have the time or the desire to play a board game.

So, again, who is supposed to buy this game?

I would buy it. Why? Well, I'll tell you.

I can't think of a better motivation to get up and work my butt off everyday than playing that game and losing because I got picked off in a drive by..or ran out of food stamps. I don't want to become a drug dealer or a 'ho. And I most certainly do not want to fall victim to crack, smack, chronic or any other controlled substance that would lead me to any of the aforementioned pitfalls.

Just like in the original game that Ghettopoly is spoofing, this too is life. It's crude, I agree, but to call it racist or offensive is, in my not so humble opinion, flying in the face of reality. People actually live like this. This is a way of life for some of them.

Am I saying their life should be reduced to sport or made fun of in a board game? No. My point is, perhaps the game could have a "lesson": quit school and smoke crack, and you too can live the life the game portrays. If you don't want to live the life, if you don't want to be viewed as the stereotypical black or poor person (oh, now THERE'S another rant) then make sure you don't do the things the characters in the game do.

And tha's all I gots ta say 'bout dat!
- posted by Kim @ 9:42 PM