Racist Video
Games
Hear Audio Commentary By Youth Radio's Ben
Simrin
This issue was brought to my
attention by a report published by the
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in February. The
National Alliance, a white supremacist
organization that was founded in 1974 by the late
Dr. William L. Pierce, has been promoting
racially-motivated violence in computer games. The
organization's website refers to Ethnic
Cleansing as the following: "This is the game the media is
screaming about!". No one has been "screaming".
The media has simply responded to the recent
outpouring of hate fueled by the National Alliance
and other Neo-Nazi organizations like it. The
website offers this two-sentence
enticement to teenagers interested in buying the
game:
"No, you can't shoot those pesky
sub-humans in real life -- but you can in Ethnic
Cleansing: The Game! Enter the virtual race
war!"
What it
doesn't tell potential buyers is
that the game will ultimately distort
reality for its white players, which will
eventually lead to the shooting death of a
"sub-human".
In March of this year, Dr.
Pierce used his radio program to
respond to the claims of VH1 and the ADL,
which blasted the creation of Ethnic Cleansing
and Resistance Records.
Somewhere between calling Sumner Redstone a
"powerful media master" and making outrageous
claims that the ADL "stole" confidential files to
make its case, Dr. Pierce rambled on incoherently
about the justification of the hate-inspired game.
He made an attempt to discredit both organizations
by pointing out that in 1913, the Georgia chapter
of the ADL defended a Jewish man who had been
convicted of the molestation and murder of a
fourteen-year old girl. He attacked VH1 and MTV by
making outrageous statements about their
agendas.Both networks are owned by
Sumner Redstone, who is Jewish. If you're
interested in reading this piece of garbage,
click here.
Somewhere in
this particular broadcast, Dr. Pierce had the
audacity to call the National Alliance
"mainstream". The last time I checked, separatist
groups are NOT mainstream. He also claimed the
game was "selling like hotcakes". I seriously
doubt that a large number of copies of this
particular game have been sold. Maybe if you call
2,700 copies a large number. He also claimed that
Sumner Redstone was attempting to rob the white
race of its identity and history by sending
messages to white teens through his MTV and VH1
networks. Both, Pierce claimed, encourage young
white males to have sex with Black females,
to "act and talk Black", and called for young
white females to have sex with black males.
Would you want your race to be able to get rid of
its apalling past? Don't get me wrong, but the way
slaves were treated and Native Americans robbed of
their ancestral lands would embarrass me if I were
white. Although these atrocities took place a long
time ago, the effects are still evident. But
anyway, back to my point. I happen to be a fan of
both networks, and all I've noticed is that both
stations promote multiculturalism, which is a good
thing. People like Dr. Pierce simply fear change.
I didn't tear into Dr. Pierce as vehemently as I
have done with other extremists in the past
because he passed away in July, and it's extremely
disrepectful to discuss a deceased person
in a negative
manner.
Janelle
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