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Black leaders are outraged over a new board game called "Ghettopoly" that has "playas" acting like pimps and game cards reading, "You got yo whole neighborhood addicted to crack. Collect $50."
Black clergymen say the game, the brainchild of a Pennsylvania man, should be banned, and have called for a boycott of Urban Outfitters unless the company stops selling Ghettopoly in its chain of clothing stores.
Urban Outfitters has not publicly commented on the issue, and did not return a call seeking comment on Wednesday.
"If we are silent on this issue there is more of this type to come," the Rev. Robert P. Shine Sr., president of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity, said at a sidewalk rally Wednesday in front Urban Outfitters' corporate headquarters in Philadelphia.
Shine displayed the game board, with properties including Westside Liquor, Harlem, The Bronx, and Long Beach City, and squares labeled Smitty's XXX Peep Show, Weinstein's Gold and Platinum, and Tyron's Gun Shop.
Players draw "Hustle" and "Ghetto Stash" cards with directions like, "You're a little short on loot, so you decided to stick up a bank. Collect $75," and "Steal $$$ if you pass Let$ Roll."
The creator of Ghettopoly, David Chang, did not immediately answer e-mails or phone calls seeking comment about the game.
On his Web site, Chang is unapologetic, and promises that more games — Hoodopoly, Hiphopopoly, Thugopoly and Redneckopoly — are coming soon.
"It draws on stereotypes not as a means to degrade, but as a medium to bring together in laughter," Chang maintains, adding, "If we can't laugh at ourselves ... we'll continue to live in blame and bitterness."
But the Ghettopoly board depicts figures labeled "Malcum X" and "Martin Luthor King Jr." — intentionally misspelled — noted Rev. Glenn Wilson, pastor of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church.
"This is beyond making fun, to use the caricature of Dr. King in this regard," Wilson said. "There's no way that game could be taken in any way other than that this man had racist intent in marketing it."
The Philadelphia black clergy and Men United for a Better Philadelphia were just the latest to protest the game. In Chicago, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, called for a boycott of Urban Outfitters. In Florida, the St. Petersburg and Hillsborough County chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (news - web sites) urged the company to stop carrying the game.
"I was outraged. We called Outfitters, we wrote them a letter, we held a press conference, but we've had no response," Pfleger said Wednesday.

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Stfu. . Don't like the game. . Don't play it.

Also if you can't laugh at yourself. Everyone else will, so get used to it.

wow the got heated over that game, i never knew it was even real, lolol my boy showed me the game over the net but damn lolol

I think there's nothing wrong with it. There have been a lot of games created that are directed towards things much worse than this. The only difference is, they're normally interactive. Sometimes free on internet websites....

Especially since this guy isn't just focusin on "ghetto folk". According to his up and coming games....he's branching them out quite nicely to hit all the comedic targets of our eras.

Just make a Wiggernopoly one and call it even....I know alot of people who would find that funny......thats what I say..and all the cats sayin 'whats the bid deal" about this bet'not say anything about the wigger game......

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There is nothing funny about the ghetto. There is some pretty serious stuff going on in the ghetto. On the front they got a stereotypical black gangster-like dude on the front, holdin a tech and a forty ounce. Like those are the black men in the ghetto, it's like a racial joke... and your suprised.

Just another way for the man to cash in our misfortunes

I think the creators of the game are just seein what will sell and at the moment hip-hop culture is selling. However, the game seems very stereotypical and kinda racist....................................

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its all light hearted fun.sure theres ethical issues that've been raised but c'mon i well want this game.............it looks hot and will sell hot..........

I agree, it is meant to be hr=armless simple fun, but with stereotypes that would be in the game anyway to make it fun, issues of racism and stereotypes of black people will always arise.............in my view its harmless, but other people could be offended

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unfortunately Stereotypes are not ever positive, especially when communicated through another race.

I can understand Hip-hopoly, can be soomethin fun, if they do it right. You know Have 2Pac board walk, and Biggie park place. But shit "you got your whole hood addicted to crack collect $50 from each player" which is an actual card from the game, is really ridiculous, and I find THAT very hard to laugh at.

It's an economic venture for someone to exploit the weaknesses of our community," - Dr. Worrill.

Lol. It's funny how people get so heated over something so damn small. I say, out of site out of mind. They should just forget about it. I'm not racist, but usually the most comical jokes or games have to do with making fun of another race or culture... thats just the way it is. Get over it

you don't understand how these guy's feel about these stereotypes cos your white...................racism through stereotypes can still hurt.............................................. .....

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and you wonder why there is still racism, cause some people don't even know there racist.

"I'm not racist, but usually the most comical jokes or games have to do with making fun of another race or culture"-Aquitas

If that's not the dumbest hypocritical statement in history! lol

Nobody noticed that?

That's like saying, "I'm not a molester, but I do enjoy beating off 7 times a day to child porn"

personally i think that game is dope.