![]() "We are offended," he said, explaining that the game "expressed a racist mentality." Robert Shine Sr., president of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, described the situation as sparking "a firestorm of opposition against the game across the nation." Many protesters were most offended by figures labeled "Malcum X" and "Martin Luthor King Jr." The names were intentionally misspelled by the game's creator, David Chang, who lives in Pennsylvania. Florida chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also called for the company to stop selling the game. In Chicago, members of the black clergy called for a boycott of Urban Outfitters. ![]() The protest was organized by the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, the Father's Day Rally Committee and Men United for a Better Philadelphia. Members of Philadelphia's black community protested outside Urban Outfitters' headquarters at 16th and Walnut streets on Oct. "He does not endorse or approve of the product." "Sam was pleased that did the right thing in pulling the game off shelves," Raab said. The game incorporates stereotypes of blacks as well as other minority groups, including Jews and Asians.Ĭontroversy over the game has even extended as far as Philadelphia politics, since the owner of Urban Outfitters is a contributor to the campaign of Sam Katz, the Republican candidate for mayor, according to his spokesman, Nate Raab. Squares on the Ghettopoly board are labeled Smitty's XXX Peep Show, Weinstein's Gold and Platinum and Tyron's Gun Shop. "Playas" buy crack houses and properties including Westside Liquor, Harlem, The Bronx and Long Beach City. The controversial spin-off of Monopoly can still be purchased from its Web site, however, at Ghettopoly game pieces include a marijuana leaf and a machine gun in place of the traditional Monopoly top hat and car. An employee at the Urban Outfitter's location on campus, at 36th and Walnut streets, who did not want her name published, said she could not comment on the game, but confirmed that it had been removed from the store's shelves, as well as those at other locations.
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