Thursday, October 23, 2003

A letter posted to Daniel Chang, creator of Ghettopoly (www.ghettopoly.com):
Mr. Chang:

Congratulations.
Bad taste has sunk to a new low. Your game Ghettopoly can join the ranks of Amos N' Andy, Sambo and Step 'n Fetchit.

I'm not going to go into the whole 'as a black asian woman...blah blah blah' thing, but really. Your ignorance and poor taste is amazing. I think it's safe to assume you've never lived in a housing project or 'the ghetto' and your version of urban life as a game of theft, pimping and dope is gross. But what do I expect from a guy who got this idea from a stupid MTV show?

However, the universe seems to be righting itself; I just read Urban Outfitters dropped your product and Hasbro is suing you.

Good luck with that.


It makes me tired, the stupidity, greed and casual meanness of people. What happened in Daniel Chang's brain while he was watching Cribs (thanks, MTV)? What clicked to make him think this was an ok idea, and what clicked in other people's brains to make them give him the money to do it?

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