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BIPOC women leaders in gaming: Be audacious, and don’t stop creating
At GamesBeat Next's Diversity in Games lunch, panelists broke down what's necessary to push back and win against continuing discrimination.
That means the folks who have been traditionally players in the industry — overwhelmingly white, straight, cis men, will still have a better chance at getting to the front of the line. A pitch can get shut down in an instant, once the elephant in the room is addressed — a BIPOC creator’s identity, in other words — because no one wants to feel as if they’ve somehow been put on the spot, or sit in an uncomfortable issue. She was able to attend her first GDC with support from the International Game Developer’s Association scholarship, and she had safe people to talk to, to offer advice and encouragement and a solid place to land throughout the opportunities she’s been fortunate enough to take advantage of.
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