Child Takes On The Game Of Life
In a letter written to “Milton Bradly,” a nine-year-old challenges the board game for its gender stereotypes, lack of racial diversity and unrealistic socioeconomic living situations.
Dear Milton Bradly,
I think your new version of Life® game is unfair.
On the board there is not one black person and you must get married to someone of the opposite sex and you can’t be gay or lesbin. ALso the girls are pink which is stereotypical for “the weaker sex” and the boy pegs are blue which is stereotypical for strengh there are many strong girls and weak boys. Also your game teaches little kids that if you have tons of money you are automaticly happy that is a lie. And you must buy a house which many people can’t afford, and you have a huge paying job. In other words your game is not really life.
written by Nick Packard age 9
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A.Leigh 11 months agoBut there’s no rule in Life that says you have to pick an opposite color peg. The rest is true, though, you DO have to get married (if you play by the rules). Actually, the computer version of Life even allows for same sex couples, and they have pictures of all different looking people for them (no pegs in that version). I was pretty impressed by that.
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PlushKitten 11 months ago
I dont wanna play a game because its diverse with black and lesbian players. Oh fuckin well.
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Morrissex 11 months agoConcerning the “colour codes” that characterise each gender “nature”, there’s something people should know: Pink used to be for boys, while blue for girls. Explanations in link below [Quoted from Cracked.com] All our gender issues were heartily resolved by the 1910s, when it was decided that we’d assign colors to each “team”: blue was for girls and pink was for boys. No, that’s not a typo: A 1918 editorial from Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department stated that pink was “a more decided and stronger color … more suitable for the boy; while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.” It makes sense: Pink is the color of a nice, raw, manly steak, or the blood of your enemies splattered on a white uniform. Editorial: http://www.gender-focus.com/2010/09/23/pink-for-girls/ Article: http://www.cracked.com/article_19780_5-gender-stereotypes-that-used-to-be-exact-opposite.html
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Ilovenewsocks 11 months ago
This is a child. No matter how much his letter pisses you off, there is absolutely no rain to say you want to punch him in the face.
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Devin C. 11 months ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life![[link]](http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/images/public/icons/external-link2.png)
My game of life has blacks AND whites. No lesbians or gays or asians, though. Sorry.
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ParahSailin 11 months agoAnd while we’re at it, fuck Chutes and Ladders. You can go up and down both.
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