There is a lot of truth in that article. Growing up in the hood and in college every black person played Madden, Live, and 2K, but me, but you also have to realize that it's a different type of black person that plays those. I've been around a bunch of black nerds and only a small percent of them play those particular sports games.
He is dead on about fighting games though, because when I used to be a competitive player, I mostly saw Negroes, and Hispanics. Keeping up with nation wide scene you can add Asians and a sprinkle of white folks in there.
There is a major diversity problem in there, that I would like to do something about. It's such a shame that I didn't really have anyone to look to in that regard. The black people working in the industry are not famous. The closest one is Reggie and he doesn't have jack to do with development. I want to run a publishing company myself one of these days, but I haven't met any other black people really who are trying to accomplish the same thing or something similar in the field. It feels like I'm alone, but that won't stop me from accomplishing my dream.
Give War A Chance said:
I don't know if that has more to do with the interest, or the ability. But just in general, because black people make up a much smaller section of population, there will be less black people in essentially every occupation. It would just be nice if occupations like this were roughly proportionate to the black population of the region.
This is not necessarily true.
https://books.google.com/books?id=D...age&q=predominantly black occupations&f=false
From my personal experience, I've seen a high number of black people outweighing white people in fast food, custodial, public transportation, and retail. I graduated from a college that was more or less predominantly white and I still saw mostly black people and Latinos working as housekeepers and cafeteria workers. On the flip side, the people with the highest graduation rate at my college are black women. Interest, income, and background do matter.
