• dateSeptember 28, 2017
  • userMohsen Daemi

“Dirty Chinese Restaurant” The video game with racist Views

In this game  The Dirty chines restaurant, the players get points for using dogs and cats as food sources. Not only the mild racism in the game is an issue, the raw violence is clearly alarming that the game is NOT for children at all.

‘Dirty Chinese Restaurant’ Video Game

‘Dirty Chinese Restaurant’ Video Game
Credit: Video from You Tube

 

2016 and 2017 seem to be two years that racism has raised and became more normal. First it was in the politics then the streets seen some traces of the new racist movements and now in media and gaming. Although the BigOtree has claimed that the game is mostly a satire and cant be judged by its racist references but you can not unsee what you see. the references are clear its up to you to find it Violent and racist or normal satire.

 

Dirty Chinese Restaurant Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2jg69tKHCo

Dirty Chinese Restaurant Release date

Big-O-Tree’s website is now claiming that it will soon be available on Google Play and Apple’s App Store, But it does not seems to be happening at least with these Issues that it has created around violet act and racism and it also appears to violate both Google and Apple’s rules for game developers. Google doesn’t allow games that advocate against groups of people based on their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Apple also has some strict roles in this area, Apple prohibits games with “defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content, including references or commentary about religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin, or other targeted groups”.

 

Congress woman + other reactions to the “Dirty Chinese Restaurant”

On Monday Grace Meng commented on the new game and slammed it to the bone. Grace Meng a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York’s 6th congressional district in the New York City borough of Queens. She Commented on the game on Monday Sept 25th 2017. Here is her comment in Facebook.

“This game uses every negative and demeaning stereotype that I have ever come across as a Chinese American,” Meng said in the post:

“From the names used for the characters of the game, to the types of food they cook, to the disturbing depiction of their faces, this game epitomizes racism against Asian Americans.”

Meng fears the game suggests that “prejudice against and othering of Asian Americans remains a form of racism that is too frequently brushed off and tacitly accepted.”

 

 


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