Fam, for some reason I just started thinking about this, possibly the first time I've seriously thought about it internally in my life: Do you really think there are "two Americas?" Like, there being "white America" and "colored America" are known concepts but I feel like most people just say that shit as words.
The most succinct way I can encapsulate this is by saying when groups of white people refer to "America" and groups of minorities say "America," I feel like they're talking about two different concepts most of the time. One side is talking about the industrialized nation that's rich and powerful and all that shit while the other is either talking about the government or just the plurality of people that live here. It's what a lot of people like to call the "urban" demographic.
What made me think about this was thinking about all the people I've known in my life as a kid from a black family who grew up mostly in white suburbs. I think I always intrinsically felt like I was interacting with at least two Americas -- worlds of people who watch different TV shows and movies, shop at different places, and in general just interact with different people. Every once in a while you see evidence that they see different things too.
I think the reason we get so confused from GAF posts is because video game fandom from my point of view is an offshoot of "white America." It sounds kind of segregationist, but only from the same perspective as the "I don't see color" argument.
/random deep shit
