#MemoryLane - P.O.C (People of Color) in Gaming Pt2 - Afro Samurai by @CappsOffGaming w/ Tecnish

Special Salute to Tecnish from CappsOffGaming , he is back with a second installment of Memory Lane P.O.C (People of Color) in gaming Part 2. As the end of Black History month, friendly reminder that Black history is American History which is World History. Tecnish is back with one of my favorite anime as well as video games of All time Afro Samurai. We tend to ignore that lack of POC (People of Color) in Video games, it didn’t dawn on me the absence of minorities in video games besides the sports based games it’s rare that you see it. I am blessed that my childhood friend took the time to present this. Fun Fact Tecnish is one of the best teachers in the BPS, a BC High plus Umass Amherst graduate and most important he was one mean sprinter (55-400).

Previously on DATG: P.O.C (People of Color) n Video Games #StreetsOfRage

Below is the first edition of Afro Samurai

POC (People of Color) in Video Games by @cappsoffgaming #BLKHistoryMonth #VideoGames #SegaGensis #StreetsOf Rage

Yes, it's the 80s/90s folks and I'm feeling anything that involves cartoons, comics, and of course, video games (still do lolz). To find people of color (POC) in both cartoons and comics wasn't really hard to find. Shows like for example, Thundercats, had a very strong, inventive POC (and he was!), Panthro. He built the Thundertank and also was an expert in martial arts, something that a lot of my peers were already into (Saturday kung fu flicks!). Later on, reading a comic book series called Spawn, which also had a HBO series, too. To see a black man have such a role in comic, next to Power Man aka Luke Cage, was a real treat, plus he didn't fit the stereotypes at the time (drug dealer/user, gangbanger, etc).

But through most of my early gaming (TRS-80, Nintendo, and Sega Master System), I rarely saw a character/protagonist that "looked" like me, thus why I created this video to explore the very first instants that I encountered POC in video games. Hope you like it, there's more to come so stay tuned! #cappsoffgaming

sincerely submitted, CappsOffGaming w/ Tecnish

For Bonus coverage: DATG TV linked up with CappsOffGaming #RD2