I don't think they were using a hashtag, but @KendraJames_ was maybe the first person to point out the pokestop inequities. Ty for that.
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I do live close to two churches, and there are pokestops there. But I live DIRECTLY next to a school; no pokestop there.
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Pokestops are also located in parks. Sadly, too many communities of color lack green space/parks, which means less pokestops.
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I've noticed that lots of white commercial areas/downtown have triangle patch with a pokestop. Exactly none in my area do.
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I play
#PokémonGO, so I know that I can play from home... But I can't get free pokeballs, incense, incubators, etc here.#mypokehood -
I *must* go to a pokestop to collect those items in order to keep enjoying the game. Either that, or I have to buy the items.
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That means inequity built into
#PokémonGO makes it so that already vulnerable people have to pay to play what the privileged get for free. -
People of color can also go to more white commercial/downtown areas to enjoy more pokestops. But we're not always safe there.
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Omar Akil wrote about his apprehensions of playing
#PokémonGO while being a black man:https://medium.com/mobile-lifestyle/warning-pokemon-go-is-a-death-sentence-if-you-are-a-black-man-acacb4bdae7f#.a2v508tgr … -
I agree with Akil, but also wonder what
#mypokehood means for black women. Women in general have a different relationship with public space -
I'm going to guess that most of the Ingress stops were created by men. What would
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What if black women, who safety is always in jeopardy, could create augmented reality maps? How much better would this be?!
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