The action is not part of a new film, but of a video game in
development - the latest permutation of Grand Theft Auto, one of the
most popular game series ever. Partly set in a city resembling
gang-ridden stretches of Los Angeles of the 1990's, it features a
digital cast of African-American and Hispanic men, some wearing braided
hair and scarves over their faces and aiming Uzis from low-riding cars.
The sense of place, peril and pigmentation evident in previews of the
game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, underscores what some critics
consider a disturbing trend: popular video games that play on
racial stereotypes, including images of black youths committing and
reveling in violent street crime. [more ]
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