Comments on: Upcoming 2D Platformer 'RastaMonkey'

By: Ilana

Ilana — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:42:25 +0000

Good news, Rasta Monkey Lite Version:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=310591215&mt=8

3 levels, free.

Respecta!

By: Caribbean man

Caribbean man — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:23:32 +0000

Yes, I think it's racist.

There's a long and nasty history of this sort of thing.

It's not the worst I've seen;
it's not going to offend everybody– I'm certainly not personally hurt–
but I certainly won't be supporting it with *my* money.

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20080110221353data_trunc_sys.shtml

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:02:19 +0000

That's almost a Rasta Monkey, except that he's missing hanging dreadlocks and puffing on his spliff.

I thought the theory was that all men are descended from apes. I wonder if a Rastafarian would consider this game character racist. Unlikely. The Rasta headgear looks kinda cute.

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:19:17 +0000

I see what you are saying, but I think that this monkey is a likable character and the hero of the game. It dosen't seem to me as a game that promotes hate and racism.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:59:21 +0000

Chris,

You need to understand the history of demeaning and racist depictions of Africans and African-Americans. Turning black people into apes, or implying that they are similar somehow to simian figures, is part of an old line of racist reasoning that was at one time passed off as having some sort of scientific basis. And on the low end of race-hatred, depicting black people as monkeys has always been the first resort of the worst kind of bigots. Trust me: it's harmful and hateful.

I haven't seen Madagascar, but I doubt that any black actors in the film signed on to voice simian characters.

Sorry to go heavy on you, but you asked.

(p.s. If you're interested in the history of scientific racism, check out "The Mismeasure of Man" by Stephen Jay Gould.)

By: Tongo

Tongo — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:24:34 +0000

Rasta? What next? Christian Hamster? Jew Frog, anybody?

By: Ilana

Ilana — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:05:17 +0000

played it. loved it. want it.

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