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Data has shown that the representation of different races within games correlates to the racial makeup of the game development community. According to Williams. “It was pretty much a one-for-one ...
The Scotland County Highland Games, or SCHG, are a Scottish event held in Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States. Each year, the games are held the first weekend of October at the John Blue House and Grounds in Laurinburg. The event was started in 2009 after the Flora MacDonald Games in Red Springs, North Carolina were discontinued. [1]
The portrayal of racial minorities in video games has been demonstrated to have a tendency to follow certain racial stereotypes. In a 2001 study by Children Now, 83% of African-American males were portrayed as competitors in sports-oriented games, while 86% of African-American females were either "props, bystanders, or participants in games ...
In 1840, Laurinburg had a saloon, a store, and a few shacks. Laurinburg High School, a private school, was established in 1852. The settlement prospered in the years following. A line of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad was built through Laurinburg in the 1850s, with the first train reaching Laurinburg in 1861. [1]
Scotland County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Its county seat is and largest community is Laurinburg.The county was formed in 1899 from part of Richmond County and named in honor of the Scottish settlers who occupied the area in the 1700s.
The racial makeup of the MSA was 54.09% White, 35.17% African American, 2.54% Native American, 1.77% Asian, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 3.14% from other races, and 3.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.93% of the population.
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A century ago, the Spruce Pine Rioters marched Black workers out of NC’s Mitchell County at gunpoint, and an escapee went to the electric chair. A gruesome North Carolina riot remembered, and an ...