As a person of colour,I found it cathartic to play a video game that acknowledges the reality of racism and says: things don’t have to be this wayPeople of colour in South Africa have faced a long history of ostracism on multiple levels. Though I missed the worst of it, apartheid laws mandated racist exclusion: careers, or political roles,even door entrances and homes, all were determined by race. These attitudes remain, or even without laws to back them up.
I was a child,the first time I was subjected to a racial slur. Decades later it continues in South Africa, but also online, and particularly in an internet environment dominated by status quo warriors who love Trump,detest women and believe progress is poison. Related: 13th review – Ava DuVernay's enraged, persuasive film approximately the jailing of black men Related: The best – and very worst sex scenes in video game history Related: Game of trolls: how I took on the internet sexists with Misogyny Monday Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com