My 13 year old son who is very much into Pokemon, kept talking about Aaron
in his class who was the expert who had collected more Pokemon than anyone
else. I found out that Aaron is an African American.
A decidedly small sample which precludes broad generalizations.
George K. Cunningham
University of Louisville
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Dillon <dillonph@northcoast.com>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): the whiteness of middle class play
>
> Diane,
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> I don't know who you're responding to or who said that
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> >more research is needed before anyone can recognize how
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> I said that more research needed to be done to determine whether Pokemon
was
> restricted to white middle class kids, the position that you asserted.
> Eugene provides us one counterexample, and I'm sure there are more.
>
> But I'm curious as to why you are so determined to link Pokemon to your
> sex/gender and now, class/race issues? I think that Pokemon might be one
of
> the first truly global tertiary artefacts shared among pre-pubescent
> children. Does that threaten you somehow?
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> Paul H. Dillon
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