Ethnic Cleansing (video game)
Ethnic Cleansing (also known as Ethnic Cleansing: The Game) is a 2002 first-person shooter produced by the National Alliance, an American white supremacy and neo-Nazi organization. The player controls one of three selectable characters, including a Ku Klux Klan member and a neo-Nazi skinhead, and traverses two levels to kill stereotypically depicted African Americans, Latinos, and Jews, culminating in a fight against Ariel Sharon, the prime minister of Israel. Designed to be politically incorrect and spread a white supremacy message, the game was released through the National Alliance's record label, Resistance Records, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2002. It was received negatively by anti-hate organizations like the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and has been considered as one of the most controversial and most racist games. Resistance Records sought to release a series of games based on the novel The Turner Diaries and published White Law in 2003. Gameplay Ethnic Cleansing is a first-person shooter that depicts a race war. The player can choose to control a Ku Klux Klan member, a neo-Nazi skinhead, or the Aryan White Will (who visually resembles the domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh). As enemies, the player faces African Americans, Latinos, and Jews, who are described as "predatory sub-humans" with "Jewish masters". They are depicted with various racial stereotypes and, when killed, black characters make monkey noises, Jews shout "oy vey, and Latinos exclaim "¡Ay, caramba! or say they would take a siesta. The game comprises two levels: The player starts in an urban environment, where they fight Latinos and black enemies, including their leader, Big Nig. The player then enters the subway, outlined as the hideout of Jews seeking world domination. The final boss is Ariel Sharon, the prime minister of Israel, who attacks the player with a rocket launcher. Development and release Ethnic Cleansing was produced by the National Alliance, an American white supremacy organization. According to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL), it was "the largest and most active neo-Nazi organization in the United States". Shaun Walker, the chairman of the National Alliance, said the game's sole purpose was to be "racially provocative". It was advertised as the "most politically incorrect video game ever made". Ethnic Cleansing was developed using Genesis3D, an open-source 3D game engine, and its Reality Factory set of tools. Using an existing engine allowed for the game's creation with only minor modifications to the source code. D. Bryan Ringer designed and programmed the game using the Visual Basic and C++ programming languages, while Bob Hawthorne provided additional video and sound elements, including the voices for Jews. The game was released by Resistance Records, a record label owned by the National Alliance, on January 21, 2002, coinciding with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The label sold the game on CD-ROM via its website for . Several thousands copies were manufactured and shipped by Rainbo Records until the company severed its ties with Resistance Records in June 2002. Reception Marcus Brian highlighted Ethnic Cleansing in his report on racist