adriano gt Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Hi all The game in question is: White Men Can't Jump Someone managed to emulate this game of the Atari Jaguar? In PT emulator or Virtual Jaguar not work... thanks Edited November 25, 2015 by adriano gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Do you just want to see how bad it is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Maybe the emulator is just refusing to run it out of principle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adriano gt Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Do you just want to see how bad it is? well, actually I would like to emulate to rip sprites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave1 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I kinda liked the game in 1995... yes, I just said that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Anyone else find that title to be racially offensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Anyone else find that title to be racially offensive? Normally it would be, but in this case it's okay because the target is Evil Whitey. Or something. The "reasoning" behind political correctness is so convoluted and twisted that it's hard to know what's deemed "offensive" on any given day and what isn't. I guess the title wasn't considered offensive in 1995, although I remember it rubbing me the wrong way even then. If someone had made a game called "Black Men Can't Swim," or something along those lines, that would certainly (and rightly) have been considered offensive, even though it isn't any more of a slight against that group as "White Men Can't Jump" is against the other group. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 The game is based on the 1992 movie of the same name. Spike Lee films almost always focus on stereotypes in one way of another and this film was no different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Rosie Perez's voice makes me want to stab my eardrums with a hot soldering iron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I find it offensive, and I found it offensive back when the movie came out too. It's no better than a movie or game called "Black Men Can't Handle Responsibility" or "Black Men Can't Do Math." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Think about what you're saying. You actually believe white men not jumping is as offensive as Black man can't handle responsibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Think about what you're saying. You actually believe white men not jumping is as offensive as Black man can't handle responsibility? Yes, I do. Both are negative racial stereotypes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Yes, I do. Both are negative racial stereotypes. So to you questioning your jumping abilities is as offensive as saying you are useless to society? Edited January 26, 2016 by Moo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 ...in b4 the lock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 So to you questioning your jumping abilities is as offensive as saying you are useless to society? It's not about me personally. It's about negative stereotypes. "White men can't jump" promotes a negative stereotype that white men aren't athletic. I often run across a similar one that says whites don't have rhythm or the like. I'm not going to get into a pissing match about the various degrees of "bad." That kind of thing is bad, period, and is offensive. I'll just say that there was an acclaimed movie (and then video game apparently) that had a stereotype hurtful to whites as its title, but there was no movie similarly employing a racial stereotype that was hurtful to blacks; at least not in modern post civil rights era anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 It's not about me personally. It's about negative stereotypes. "White men can't jump" promotes a negative stereotype that white men aren't athletic. I often run across a similar one that says whites don't have rhythm or the like. I'm not going to get into a pissing match about the various degrees of "bad." That kind of thing is bad, period, and is offensive. I'll just say that there was an acclaimed movie (and then video game apparently) that had a stereotype hurtful to whites as its title, but there was no movie similarly employing a racial stereotype that was hurtful to blacks; at least not in modern post civil rights era anyway. So isn't the lack of sports skills worth the white privalege you enjoy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 So isn't the lack of sports skills worth the white privalege you enjoy? So... you are saying that: I'm white. I have a lack of sports skills. I enjoy some some special privileges because of my skin color. And you know all of this because based on? Wow, talk about racial prejudice. Although, I have observed that's about how it usually goes. Some people even think it is not possible for minorities to be racist, prejudice, etc. Of course, those people are complete fools, but it is troubling that they could even think that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 So I can say you can't jump and that makes me racist, but you can say black men lack responsibility and you are racial prejidice free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 So I can say you can't jump and that makes me racist, but you can say black men lack responsibility and you are racial prejidice free? I don't say that. Haven't you been paying attention? I pointed out a couple of examples of racial stereotypes of blacks to demonstrate how wrong they are, by "putting the shoe on the other foot" as it were. I don't believe in making determinations like that about people based on their race, but apparently Spike Lee does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I don't believe in making determinations like that about people based on their race, but apparently Spike Lee does. And Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 And Atari. I doubt that, but in their desire to capitalize on the movie popularity they inadvertently contribute to the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Don't forget, Custer's Revenge was also published on an Atari console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Don't forget, Custer's Revenge was also published on an Atari console. That title isn't a problem (racially). I'm unfamiliar with the content of the game though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) Wow talk about going off topic...........an old title for an old game to be offended at this point is ridiculous. Let's just keep looking for anything and everything to be outraged over lol. Here is a bridge, you know what to do Edited January 27, 2016 by OldSchoolRetroGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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