Recently, a criminal electronic game was identified in the market. He simulated the practice of slavery, putting the player in the role of a "slave owner".
This production, which contained explicitly racist content, was being sold on Google Play until the afternoon of last Wednesday, the 24th.
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The game encouraged players to earn profits through the exploitation of subjugated characters, simulating the practice of slavery.
Also, extremely disturbingly, the game offered the option of sexually exploiting people virtually under the player's control.
This discovery generated intense debates about the responsibility of game distribution platforms in relation to the content they make available.
The central issue is how to ensure that games with such offensive and harmful content are not commercialized, respecting ethical principles and promoting a safe and inclusive environment in the gaming industry electronics.
In the midst of so many debates and in the midst of several reports of racism suffered by Vinícius Junior, a Brazilian player for Real Madrid, a game emerges that reinforces problematic and criminal issues. Learn more about it.
Game that propagated racism was available on Google Play
The game displayed images similar to the slavery period, with black people being chained and used as entertainment images, similar to the aesthetics of a cartoon.
On the cover of the “game”, there was a white man, well dressed, next to a black man being submissive. According to data released by the download platform, criminal entertainment accumulated about a thousand downloads until last Wednesday, 24.
The developer behind this game is identified as Magnus Games who also have other games available for download on Google Play. After the intense demonstration, Google recognized entertainment with hate speech and deleted the application.
According to historian and psychoanalyst Mariléa de Almeida, the game in question presents an express form of racism, without other definitions besides this one.
Entertainment neutralizes enslavement and makes use of a resumption of problematic issues. The specialist points out that it was a kind of “gross racism”.
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