May 18, 2012

Video Game Makes Fun of Adoptees

Maybe you’ve heard about Portal 2, a new video game rated “E” for Everyone. It has sparked a bit of controversy when an adoptive father was watching his daughter play the game and its villain called an adopted character “fatty, fatty no parents.” This was matched by other insults calling out adoptees as being alone and unloved. Some are saying that this isn’t offensive, that it’s just a game and shouldn’t be taken seriously, but the father in this story is outraged and found it difficult to explain the comment to his adopted daughter.

Watch the clip below and let us know what you think. Is this a case of the adoption community being oversensitive, or is this truly in poor taste?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUQYrdgIJuI