Children's Video Games as Interactive Racialization

Abstract

This article focuses on racialization in children's video games. The author analyzes the video games "Rugrats" and "Dora the Explorer." The author believes that these games have portrayed a positive image of the minority female, but this thread in video games has only been in practice since 2002. She argues that video games made as spin-offs of television and film further racialize qualities of the original. Topics include children's identification with characters in video games as they play, virtual identity, and racial diversity in video games.