Dirty Chinese Restaurant Video Game Slammed by Congresswoman

Racist ‘Dirty Chinese Restaurant’ Video Game Slammed By New York Congresswoman






A trailer for a supposed new video game that plays on racist stereotypes about Chinese restaurants is riling up a New York congresswoman, who says it’s in bad taste.



The game, called “Dirty Chinese Restaurant,” centers around a man named “Wong Fu,” who just inherited a restaurant from his brother.



Players score points through saving food costs by dumpster diving and chasing after dogs and cats with a cleaver. Characters in the game also evade taxes and pesky immigration officials.



The developer behind the supposed game, Markham, Ontario-based Big-O-Tree Games (most likely a play on the word “bigotry”) announced the game a year ago with a tasteless trailer.


The Big-O-Tree Games website is pretty bare bones, featuring a summary of the game and racist web comics based on the characters.



Still, New York Rep. Grace Meng (D) finds the possibility the game might exist at all hard to stomach and took to Facebook on Monday to protest it.



“This game uses every negative and demeaning stereotype that I have ever come across as a Chinese American,” Meng said in the post, which appears below.



“From the names used for the characters of the game, to the types of food they cook, to the disturbing depiction of their faces, this game epitomizes racism against Asian Americans.”



Meng fears the game suggests that “prejudice against and othering of Asian Americans remains a form of racism that is too frequently brushed off and tacitly accepted.”



She also urges Google, Apple, Android, and any other platform to not carry the game Dirty Chinese Restaurant, “or any other game that glorifies in hurting any community.”