Why aren't games journalists covering how this black artist was censored and silenced? @TheCartelDel

[Houseman]

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@TheCartelDel

This is a black artist, a Principal Game Artist who worked at Naughty Dog, Rocksteady and Respawn.

He is here speaking about having his art and his ideas of "beautiful" black women characters being turned into "grocery store aunties"

So we already have a story that involves diversity, something the game industry loves to claim, and a perversion of a black artist's art. This story should outrage anyone who cares about either.

But then there's more!

So now not only is his art being changed, he is now shutting up.

Why? Is he being threatened? Silenced? Does he no longer feel safe to speak his mind? What did these black devs say to him?

So now, not only do we have a black artist's designs being sidelined, he is also possibly being intimidated into silence over speaking out.

Telling this story and uncovering the truth behind uglified women in games, how black people are treated in the industry and why so many people of all colors are afraid to speak out would win a journalist the Pulitzer prize. It would land the author in the hall of fame.

First, a journalist would need to speak to him off the record. They should get leads from him, who he pitched to, who altered his designs, any witnesses or sympathetic friends.

Next, they would follow up on those leads, getting more details and verifying accounts. They could interview the decision-makers and get what they say about diversity, vs what their underlings say.

If everything is as he said it is, this would break open the floodgates and give a push of courage to all those in similar situations who are afraid to speak out. This one article could change the gaming industry, and discussions around art and diversity for good. Who wouldn't want this?

So why aren't journalists doing some real investigative journalism when the rewards here are so potentially great? Probably because, as was said in the initial tweet, they don't want to give Gamergate any fuel and admit that they were right about anything. And neither does he, so that will probably make him uncooperative. Still, someone should at least try.

And if they try and fail, that can be a story too. "I asked about how they feel about beautiful black women in games and I got stonewalled, are people afraid?"

There are no heroes left in man.

 

[Gauche]

Black women characters aren't beautiful

DMs are inherently private.
Outside of dick pix, who the fuck engages in DMs on Twitter?
Guy was publicly casting shade on past employers and got told to STFU per the NDA

 

[Arnox]

Black women characters aren't beautiful

wut? What are you talking about? lol

 

[Vendor-Lazarus]

wut? What are you talking about? lol

IMO, they can be, but it's incredibly rare. I think I saw a study that listed the average rated races for attractiveness, and it was #1 Asian & White, #2 South-American & Native American, #3 Middle-Eastern, #4 African, #5 Aboriginal. or something like that.

Race and Attraction, 2009–2014

What’s changed in five years?

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[Arnox]

IMO, they can be, but it's incredibly rare. I think I saw a study that listed the average rated races for attractiveness, and it was #1 Asian & White, #2 South-American & Native American, #3 Middle-Eastern, #4 African, #5 Aboriginal. or something like that.

Race and Attraction, 2009–2014

What’s changed in five years?

web.archive.org

This could be debated endlessly, but that's ultimately besides the point. The point is that Gauche made an absolute blanket statement that is flagrantly wrong. Probably trolling.

 

[Gauche]

The point is that Gauche made an absolute blanket statement that is flagrantly wrong. Probably trolling.

Black women characters are beautiful

 

[Arnox]

Black women characters are beautiful

wut? What are you talking about? lol

 

[Phiwise_]

They've never opposed censorship before. Why would they now?

 

[Dale Gribble]

Does anyone give a shit? I don't. The only possible explanation for this is because whitey is holding the brothas down. Not that black women don't really play video games.

Dude is screaming through a megaphone in a crowded public space about how he's being silenced. Retarded.