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Tim Swift

Member since: Feb 22nd, 2006

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Ad critic: Sony's racially charged PSP ad [update 1]

Jul 4th 2006 11:46PM (Joystiq)
I have to say as a black man myself, this doesn't really offend me... what offends me much more is the whole "urban" genre of games that pimps this thugish criminal image of black men. I think the only exposure to black characters in gaming as either sports figures or criminals is much worse then this poorly done artsy ad...

Spike Lee movie criticizes game violence

Apr 12th 2006 7:13PM (Joystiq)
As a black person I saw that scene a lot differently then I think everyone else saw it. I think everyone is viewing it as some kind of attack on video games, I saw it as an attack on the glorification on black on black violence. The scene had a black kid playing as a drug dealer killing his fellow black person for no reason, then the kid quotes 50 cent and says "get rich or die trying". Spike was simply using video games as an example of how black on black violence is glorified to young black kids like the one in the movie. I think it was meant to be a statement on how a lot of young black kids have nothing but Sambo's such as 50 Cent to look up to as role models.

Day 10 of Engadget Mobile's 30 days of cellphone giveaways

Feb 22nd 2006 9:12PM (Engadget Mobile)
sweet zombie Jesus do I need a new phone...

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