Essay 563

Let the games begin with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• A new video game has appeared on the Internet. “Border Patrol” allows players to kill illegal immigrants, labeling targets as “Mexican nationalist,” “drug smugglers” and worse. The introduction proclaims, “There is one simple objective. Keep them out at any cost.” Activists on all sides of the immigration debates have called the game racist and obscene. However, it should help members of The Minuteman Project pass the time during the May 1 marches and boycotts.

• Ford Motor Company is considering the launch of its own reality TV series. One concept would show aspiring car designers competing to create the next big thing for the automaker. The winner would have an opportunity to actually build the car. The losers would probably join the thousands slated to be fired by Ford in the coming months.

• Sports arenas in Iran have opened their gates to women for the first time in about 30 years. However, women and men will be seated in segregated sections. Which should help the ladies make quicker exits when the men grow unruly and violent during soccer matches.