Are Kids Aware of Cyber Racism

I sort of see why adults would have concerns with video games and honestly I use to feel the same way. I have played a few games before like Tekken Tag etc but watching my brother grow up and play ‘mindless’ video games all day (I say that because he stopped doing any physical activity), and watching him grow I was concerned as an older sister what the effects have upon young teens because from an outside perspective all they do is sit in front of a screen all day.

One I can’t help but think- I'm sure it’s not the case though (hopefully) well it was only brought to my attention a couple of weeks ago. Media is ubiquitous and it has a huge part in our daily lives; how we do things, sets ‘normal’ social values, distributes status etc and all this is unconscious. Just makes me think if all the cyber racism and culture borrowing has been drummed into his brain. I'm sure he’s not passive but I'm really interested in looking into this further. Whether cyber racism is conscious to young teens or not? I did ask him and he did mention the video game ‘saints row the third’. Mentioned the representation of Asians is highly stereotyped?

Also another beneficial factor I discovered recently is while working on our previous assignment, playing the video games was stimulating in different aspects. I found them challenging which motivated me to want to explore different dimensions and honestly I’ve never really used my brain the way did for the past couple of weeks while playing them. And the biggest thing was linear structure- figuring out the narrative yourself and spatial awareness! Sound corny but very d I f f e r e n t- in a good way.

But my main concern still remains how majority of the kids perceive racism; If they can read into the certain racism representations or not. It is supposed to by unconscious so it should be interesting to see the results. Imagine if kids couldn’t read into the racism. It’s an on-going cycle that we’ll never get out of, I mean were pretty much setting things up for the next generation. White hold the ‘norm’ were other cultures are criticised by their customs and ways without fully developing an understanding.