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submitted 11 months ago by Helix@feddit.de to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

As one of many reasons for xenophobia and racism is the dehumanisation of people who are different, Detroit might help racists step in the shoes of marginalised groups and see how most of them are just victims of racist societies, kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The initial scene with Marcus is pretty powerful to show senseless violence against non-humans. Detroit continues to show how one can become human or become emotionally intelligent instead. Sadly most racists are human...

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[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Which drastically better media?

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Mutants in marvel comics have always been an allegory for racism.

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

12 Years a Slave and Django Unchained are the two movies that immediately come to mind -- obviously these are specifically focused on American slavery instead of racism generally, but they're both excellent, and one's entertaining while the other is devastating (though obviously both are both).

[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Why/how are these movies better than Detroit, which is an interactive experience?

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Because Detroit: Become Human is written by David Cage who writes on about a 8th grade writing level and has all the subtlety of The Rock declaring his next finisher.

Do you honestly think this game is on par with those movies? I think that's borderline insulting tbh

[-] Helix@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

No, I just wanted to hear your reasoning why this would be better to teach racists.

Usually racists don't care about a writing level above 8th grade. Most of them never finished high school.

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Sure, which is why I would start with Django. Or any of the countless children's media that has anti-racism and inclusion as a central theme.

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