14-10-2003 02:47									#1
	Ghettopoly: I bet Albert Speer would win... Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

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The retail clothing chain that stirred controversy for selling the game Ghettopoly has bowed to protests from black activists and pulled the product from its shelves.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports after two weeks of brisk sales, Urban Outfitters Friday decided to yank the game, which pokes fun at the ills of American ghetto life, including drug abuse and gangsta rap. The game requires "playas" to steal and sell drugs while building crack houses and public housing.

"Due to customer concerns, Urban Outfitters no longer sells the board game Ghettopoly," said a statement from the company.

"My word, what a victory. That's great," the Rev. Robert P. Shine Sr., president of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, told the paper. "They saw the light. I'm ecstatic."

Said protest organizer Mark Herrell, president of Men United for a Better Philadelphia, "I think it's a moral victory. [Company CEO Richard] Hayne realizes that Urban Outfitters has a bigger name than Ghettopoly."

Game players can still buy Ghettopoly on its website. Creator David T. Chang, an immigrant entrepreneur from Taiwan, said no one race is singled out in the game and that even his own Asian ethnicity is parodied.

According to the Inquirer, Hasbro, the make of Monopoly, has threatened to sue Chang if he doesn't stop selling the game.

"Why would I stop making this game?" he is quoted by the paper as asking. "I think a lot of things are offensive. Certain rappers are offensive. Am I going to tell them to stop making [music]? Last time I checked, this was still America."

Chang said the controversy fueled sales and created a backlog on his website.

A press release from Chang about the game stated: "Ghettopoly draws on stereotypes not as a means to degrade, but as a medium to bring together in laughter. If we can't laugh at ourselves and how we each utilize the various stereotypes, then we'll continue to live in blame and bitterness."

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I have never played the game but it sounds like loads of fun. Too bas some people can't take a joke but I guess their lives would be ruined if they had nothing to protest about. Anyone here played it?

	14-10-2003 03:26									#2
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I'm waiting for the version with hillbilly Christian snake-handlers blowing up abortion clinics and the State Department. First one to marry his sister wins.

	14-10-2003 03:27									#3
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quote: "My word, what a victory. That's great," the Rev. Robert P. Shine Sr., president of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, told the paper. "They saw the light. I'm ecstatic."

quote: First one to marry his sister wins.

	14-10-2003 03:41									#4
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quote: Originally posted by uh Clem I'm waiting for the version with hillbilly Christian snake-handlers blowing up abortion clinics and the State Department. First one to marry his sister wins.

You gotta build stuff too, though - moonshine stills for one, but what's the analog to the hotels? Trailer parks?

	14-10-2003 03:42									#5
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Well, I simply don't think that these people should be allowed to make steryotypes, it's simply unreasonable that they could sell such a product. I mean seriously, I think we should ban regular Monopoly because I don't like the steryotype 'Rich Uncle Pennybags' who displays all white people as outrageously wealthy. I'm not outrageously wealthy and if anyone comes up to me believing so because of this venemous steryotype then I'm suing, I swear I am.

I don't like hotels being red either, what are they saying, that Indians, excuse me, native americans, control the hotel industry. I bet if you uncoded everything you could find subtle racist commentaries throughout the game. Blue is obviously hebrew, what with their 'Boardwalk'?*

*- The Author didn't mean to offend anyone, I say all of this in jest.

http://www.antimonopoly.com/ << Not my website, but interesting.

	14-10-2003 03:49									#6
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I'm still waiting for the Tiajuanna version to come out. The object of the game could be trying to build a tunnel to San Diego before the federalies find out want their cut.

	14-10-2003 04:04									#7
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Sounds like it might become a collectible.

	14-10-2003 04:40									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Lincoln I'm still waiting for the Tiajuanna version to come out. The object of the game could be trying to build a tunnel to San Diego before the federalies find out want their cut.

That's more of a Chutes-and-Ladders knock-off

	14-10-2003 05:02									#9
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so how are asians parodied in this game?

	14-10-2003 05:17									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Lincoln I'm still waiting for the Tiajuanna version to come out. The object of the game could be trying to build a tunnel to San Diego before the federalies find out want their cut.

	14-10-2003 05:22									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Lincoln I'm still waiting for the Tiajuanna version to come out. The object of the game could be trying to build a tunnel to San Diego before the federalies find out want their cut.

There's already a few of those.

I want to do a mag lev rail system.

	14-10-2003 06:17									#12
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There's already a thread on this over in the Other Games forum...where you get +1's, for those who care 'bout that sort of thing...

	14-10-2003 07:32									#13
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everyone cares about that sort of thing.

some won't admit it, but they care

	14-10-2003 08:32									#14
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well of course i would win... the game is being produced in philly (like the original monopoly was). it's stupid though... belittles the problems in the city.

	14-10-2003 08:36									#15
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oh yeah and this bothered me...

quote: pokes fun at the ills of American ghetto life, including... gangsta rap.

huh?

	14-10-2003 09:58									#16
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When does the Castro Street version come out??

	14-10-2003 10:01									#17
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it's called "Tropico"

	14-10-2003 10:03									#18
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That has nothing to do with versions of Monopoly -- that an entirely different game altogether.

	14-10-2003 10:41									#20
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The original Ghettopoly site is down, but the Google cache exists. I can't link to it for some reason but Google for it and there it is.

Considering one of the future games is "Redneckopoly", it looks like uh clem is getting his wish.

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	14-10-2003 10:49									#21
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quote: Originally posted by uh Clem I'm waiting for the version with hillbilly Christian snake-handlers blowing up abortion clinics and the State Department. First one to marry his sister wins.

Since he's Taiwanese, wouldn't your jibe make more sense if you were waiting for a game that made fun of the Asian-American subculture?

	14-10-2003 13:15									#22
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I'm surprised there's no Taiwanese edition poking fun at the political situation there.

	14-10-2003 13:21									#23
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quote: so how are asians parodied in this game?

Most likely it's Korean shop owners shooting black looters.

	14-10-2003 15:12									#24
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I think Mr. Chang forgot about them.

	14-10-2003 16:43									#25
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i suppose, but i only brought it up because mr chang says that he pokes fun at asians too.

but i can imagine the chance card. "shot by gook shopkeeper. pay hospital bill $150."

	14-10-2003 18:44									#26
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quote: but i can imagine the chance card. "shot by gook shopkeeper. pay hospital bill $150."

You got to liven it up a bit if you want to sell games. Try "Yo nigga, you must've been high on crack to try an loot Kim Park's dog restaurant! That slant-eyed ***** capped yo' ass and now you gots to pay one fitty for the hospital bill. Betta' go cash that welfare check, dawg."

	15-10-2003 08:25									#27
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They're selling the game to crackers like us, not to homey. The understated parody works better.

	15-10-2003 09:16									#28
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How many threads have there been on this now?

	15-10-2003 10:15									#29
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quote: "Why would I stop making this game?" he is quoted by the paper as asking. "I think a lot of things are offensive. Certain rappers are offensive. Am I going to tell them to stop making [music]? Last time I checked, this was still America."

It's not offensive unless you offend the special interests groups.

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