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...disturbing...to promote and capitalize off such negative aspects of society that cause great harm to individuals and to the African-American community at-large,” NAACP President Kweisi Mfume wrote in a letter to David Chang, the creator of the Ghettopoly game. “We shall not sit by quietly and allow this type of insult to occur...
Despite the criticism, Chang, who immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan at the age of 8, defended his game as a humorous representation of real life...
...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...then we’ll continue to live in blame and bitterness,” Chang said in a statement...
...addition to objections from minority groups, Chang is also facing a potential lawsuit from Hasbro, the creator of Monopoly...
Last Friday, the president of Hasbro’s U.S. branch said that the company will sue Chang unless he immediately stops selling he game. “We want to make it clear that Hasbro has absolutely no connection to the reprehensible ‘Ghettopoly game,’” Bifulco said...