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Game

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Controversy

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Some thought the game was "tasteless" and "offensive" due to its racial overtones; for example, the name of Malcolm X was intentionally misspelled as "Malcum x". Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...

Supporters have argued that the board game is scarcely more racist in its portrayal of America's minority ghettos than some more accepted elements of popular culture, such as popular hip hop music. Some have even classified the game as social criticism. That a game in the Monopoly family should function as social rhetoric is not unusual. The ancestor of Monopoly, The Landlord's Game, provided harsh critique of the land-renting elite, while its enormously popular descendant encouraged capitalism (and was banned in many Communist countries for that reason). Some have said that Ghettopoly also qualifies not as racist mockery, but Monopoly within the sort of dark, self-deprecating social criticism characteristic of the rap generation.

The game was pulled by Urban Outfitters, its retailer. Chang still marketed the game without their support, and created a sequel known as Redneckopoly. According to Chang's now-defunct website, further such games were planned, including Hoodopoly, Hiphopopoly, and Thugopoly. In October 2003, Hasbro sued David Chang over the game's similarities to Monopoly. In January 2006, Chang was found in contempt of court for failure to produce documents. The court thus entered a "default judgment" for Hasbro's continued use of "Monopoly" as a trademark, and dismissed Chang's counterclaims, which were to revoke trademark status on "Monopoly"^{[citation needed]} In May, 2006, the court estimated that Chang generated US$879,000 in profits from the sale of Ghettopoly, and that damages of $400,000 were reasonable.^{[citation needed]} In June 2006, the court issued a judgment for Hasbro and against Chang for $4,000 in fees and permanently enjoined Chang from using the Ghettopoly name or selling any games by that name, or any other "opoly" forms that might cause confusion as to the source of the games, including Redneckopoly, Hiphopopoly, Hoodopoly, Thugopoly, and Latinopoly.^{[citation needed]}

Since no longer produced and being banned in the USA, the scarcity and limited production of Ghettopoly has skyrocketed the price of a new game as the public increasingly becomes aware of its significant value as a collector's item.

(other side of the argument)

Some people might think that ghettopoly is actually quite serious. Some kids live in these everyday places with these places around them, and ghettopoly is another way to get across that the ghetto isnt something thats funny. Some ghettos might have a couple of "crack houses" here and there. So even though it might seem that ghettopoly is actually a crude game and should be banned, take time to actually GO THERE!!!

Edited by: The Controversy

See also

• Atlantik

Notes

1. ^ Ghettopoly official site (US) cache from the Internet Archive

External links

• Ghettopoly official site (US): This website is down, due to court order, but can be found cached on Google.
• Ghettopoly official site (US) cache from the Internet Archive
• Ghettopoly at BoardGameGeek
• "Students outraged over Ghettopoly" — Yale Daily News, the student newspaper of Yale University.
• "Urban Outfitters pulls Ghettopoly" — Yale Daily News
• "Ghettopoly game causes outrage" — CNN
• "Ghettopoly: Is It A Racist, Offensive Game? — Associated Press
• "Ghettopoly game sparks outrage" — BBC
• "Ghettopoly game called racist" — MSNBC
• "Black leaders outraged at Ghettopoly game at Urban Outfitters" — USA Today
• "Hasbro: Do not pass go, Ghettopoly" — USA Today
• "Game has monopoly on ghetto-bashing" — New York Daily News
• "Game's street theme upsets NAACP" — St. Petersburg Times