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Abolish the Ghettopoly Mentality! by Jeremy at 11:40 am EDT, May 23, 2004
To: NAACP, The Urban League, The Nation of Islam, Our Black Leadership Worldwide David Chang, a Taiwanese immigrant, has created a racially offensive board game called "Ghettopoly," loosely based on Milton Bradley's "Monolopy." The game pieces are a whore, a 40 oz. bottle of malt liquor, a pimp, a piece of crack cocaine, a marijuana leaf, a basketball, and an Uzi machine gun. Sign this petition, which will be forwarded to the NAACP, The Urban League, The Nation of Islam, and any other organization that can mobilize to stand up and say "NO MORE!" Send the link to as many people as you can. The goal is to collect 500 signatures in one month. Let's speak in one voice and say -- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Sincerely, The Undersigned
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RE: Abolish the Ghettopoly Mentality!
by Decius at 3:45 pm EDT, May 23, 2004

Jeremy wrote:
] To: NAACP, The Urban League, The Nation of Islam, Our
] Black Leadership Worldwide

The NAACP is already officially "opposed" to ghettopoly.

In many cases people get offended by things because of the associations they make in their heads about the thing being said instead of the associations made in the heads of the people speaking. I recall a high school play I was involved with in which one of the characters says "This sucks." We put the play on and were suddenly deluged by protests from the parents in the community who were offended by our reference to "Oral Sex." We had no idea what they were talking about until they clarified it. We never once considered the association. IE, the problem is in your head and not mine.

So, ask yourself, is making fun of the ghetto the same as making fun of black people? Where does this association exist?

(Of course, you probably get this. I image you are making fun of the protest mentality. Personally, I find that offensive!)