Grand Theft Auto V Stereotypes

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Speaking of the “real world”, a viral video of a video game called Grand Theft Auto V sparks the question on the stereotype regarding the cops shooting a Black man. According to The Game Theorists, they have set up multiple tests on three main character of the game and the result ended with the Black character a high number of chance being shot by the police [Youtube]. The company stated that they have not implemented racism between a Blacks and cops within the game, thus it was unsure where it’s true or not. Another type of stereotype of video game is the increase of aggressiveness in Black characters than white characters. According to Yang, Gibson, Lueke, Huesmann, and Bushman (2014), they have created an experiment on whether playing as

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