The Association for American Indian Development has
drawn up a petition to boycott Activision's free-roaming Wild West title, Gun. The organization is outraged at
the game's depiction of the Apache people, including "the slaughtering of the 'Renegade' Apaches, the atrocity of
'Indian Scalping' and the mis-information of Indian traditions of 'killing' sacred white animals." The petition
requests that Activision remove all "derogatory, harmful, and inaccurate depictions of American Indians" from
Gun and reissue the game. In the event that Activision is unwilling to do so, the petition demands a recall.Should the games industry—and the entire entertainment industry—be held to certain ethical standards? What should be done about games (and media) that exploit and perpetuate negative stereotypes associated with racial/ethnic groups? Should we consider that the education system does a poor job of teaching the opposite?
Commenters: keep it clean and relevant!
UPDATE: GamerGod explores this issue further [Thanks, jkdove]
[Thanks, Karsten]
