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> Executives under Frazzini initially rejected charges that New World, an Amazon game that would ask players to colonize a mythical land and murder inhabitants who bear a striking resemblance to Native Americans, was racist. They relented after Amazon hired a tribal consultant who found that the portrayal was indeed offensive

What a ridicilous world we live in.

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This is a pretty short comment. Which part do you find ridiculous?

The part where someone would claim this is racist.

> the portrayal was indeed offensive

You seem to have missed that part of your own quote. They're not saying the idea was racist, they're saying the implementation was racist. No doubt is was portraying the natives as wild savages which is indeed racist.

Is it impossible for a game to be racist? If not, how do you know this instance wasn’t racist? Do you know the game better than the people working on it?

This is not people on twitter complaining, these were actual professionals who were a part of the project, I see nothing ridiculous about it.

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