[Antiracism] Petition racist video game

[JT M. Koch]

I thought this might be of interest, both for knowledge and action, to 
many of you, please forward widely.
thank you for taking the time to look at it.
peace and revolution,
julia


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 Subject: Fwd: Petition racist video game

Please pass on...

OK folks...time for YOU to help ME. 
  I need everyone available to PLEASE sign this petition. 
  
  This new game is called GUN and is racist and inflammatory in it's 
portrayal of my people...the APACHE INDIANS. 
  
  I don't care that some will argue "It's just a GAME!"....it's NOT just a 
"game", it's a racist covert attempt to spread HATE against the indigenous 
people all around the world, under the guise of a "game".....and has NO 
PLACE in the lives of our future, which is the children that it is 
marketed towards. 
  
  Sure, it's marked "M" for Mature but we all know how effective those 
"grading systems" are in preventing children from buying, and playing 
adult themed "games". 
  
  This "game" makes it a "sport" to KILL INDIANS...no different than if a 
game was made showing African Americans being chained and hunted ala 
KKK.....or Jews being tortured and gassed ala Nazis....I can imagine the 
uproar if those "games" were ever made and marketed towards children, so 
why not an uproar about this one marketed as a sporting "game" to kill 
Native Americans?! 
  
  Or do you think it's OK to KILL US even if it's just in a "game"? 
  
  I would also like to ask for your assistance, in that if you agree that 
this game needs to be pulled off the market and the company who sells it, 
Activision , be held responsible and accountable for the damage this is 
causing, PLEASE send me a short but sweet [j/k] letter stating your 
opinion of this game and the racist portrayal of Indians, sign and date 
it, electronic signature is fine....and in it state that I have permission 
to forward your message to the proper authorities, so that I can collect 
signatures and send them to the FTC and also to file a complaint with the 
proper authorities, to see this thing removed off the market. 
  

In advance allow me to ahe*hye*e [THANK YOU ], for taking the time to 
write and send me, your personal opinion letter and for signing the 
petition. 
  
  Cricket 
  [ndee a*yol] 
  Apache Wind 
  White Mountain Apache
   
  The petition can be found at www.boycottgun.com. 
  
  http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096412632 

GUN video game is the subject of Native boycott 

Posted: March 13, 2006 
by: Matt Ross / Indian Country Today 

SEATTLE - Surrounded by an onslaught of hatchet-wielding Indians 
attempting 
to blockade a railway trestle, the "hero" fearlessly raises his rifle and 
begins to fire indiscriminately. 

The ultimate goal is to kill all those who stand in the way of the hero's 
quest. During this particular mission, it was a band of Apache that was in 
the gun's crosshairs. 

This depiction of the Wild West, whether this scenario ever occurred in 
the 
late 19th century, is being portrayed in thousands of homes across America 
in the form of a video game and has drawn the condemnation of an American 
Indian group. The Association for American Indian Development has launched 
a petition demanding the recall of the game GUN as produced by Activision 
Inc., of Santa Monica, Calif. 
  [for those who would like to send their letters directly to Activision] 
  
  Activision Corporate Headquarters 
  Activision, Incorporated 
  3100 Ocean Park Boulevard 
  Santa Monica, California 
  90405 
  [310] 255-2000 
  http://www.activision.com 
  
  Board of Directors for Activision are; 
  
  President: Ron Doornink 
  Vice President: Robert J. Corti 
  


WINS Program Staff 
Washington Semester American Indian Program 
Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) 
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW 
Washington DC 20016-8083 
Tel: 202-885-5934 
800-853-3076 
Fax: 202-895-4882 
email: wins at american.edu 
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