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The Monk
02-23-2021, 01:13 AM
Monopoly's standard board originally based all its cheapest properties in black neighborhoods - inspired by the racial segregation in 1930s Atlantic City (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9288387/Original-Monopoly-game-prices-based-segregated-1930s-Atlantic-City-author-says.html)


'The Monopoly board records a world of ubiquitous racism,'



Pilon asserted that the most common American version of the game today was created in the 1930s by a realtor named Jesse Raiford, who modeled his board after his hometown of Atlantic City.


Where do people get the money and time to keep dragging up the past because it suits their agenda today?

deebakes
02-23-2021, 01:32 AM
:racist:

The Monk
02-23-2021, 02:13 AM
Same thing in England - the cheapest properties were in what was then the low class suburbs.

FBD
02-23-2021, 11:13 AM
Where do people get the money and time to keep dragging up the past because it suits their agenda today?

:lol: but you dont want to believe how deep clown world goes :dance:

lost in melb.
02-23-2021, 11:19 AM
Landing on Mayfair :doh:

The Monk
02-26-2021, 03:14 AM
Landing on Mayfair :doh:

With Whitechapel and Old Kent Road being the boonies.....