![]() ![]() ![]() Tell-not-show narrative and the constantly shifting perspective distance readers from characters. takes it as a given that the eventual racism must have originated online. None of these kids sees open bigotry at home, and Ms. ![]() ![]() Explicit refutation of some of the more virulent garbage comes from the Ironville adults while intentional bigotry all originates from non-Ironvillians. Crosby’s radicalization includes profoundly horrific real-world concepts, including an Adolf Hitler slogan and a White nationalist group that actively recruits online. The worst bully, Crosby, meets a friendly older gamer on a Discord channel who feeds him Nazi, racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, misogynist hatred between bouts of gameplay. In Ironville, lacking people of color and Jews, these seventh graders don’t understand their behavior isn’t funny. Playacting Nazis creeps into the Axis team’s behavior they wear red T-shirts with an SS–style lightning bolt and make Nazi salutes. A shifting point of view introduces the misfits who make up the Allies and one of the bullies who make up the Axis. The students compete in The Good War, a World War II shooter that pits Axis against Allies. In poor, mostly White, mostly Christian Ironville, teacher Ms. A middle school eSports club brings the worst of video gaming’s subcultures into the classroom. ![]()
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