Wanted: Minority Game Programmers

“It’s been said that a bunch of nerdy white guys are creating these games,” Armstrong said. “The problem with a bunch of white guys creating the games is that the story isn’t being created with balance.”

Roughly 80 percent of video-game programmers are white, according to preliminary results of an International Game Developers Association survey. About 4 percent of designers are Hispanic, and less than 3 percent are black. —Wanted: Minority Game Programmers  (Wired)

See also an article about Christian videogames.

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  • It's a little bit unfair,but this can not be changed in a short time. It's a long distance between white and black in education, so what will do?

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