Controversy has put one ghetto on easy street. The board-game parody Ghettopoly, the target of lawsuits from Hasbro and a boycott from Al Sharpton, has sold out – and the creator hopes to throw down ...

The company that makes the Monopoly board game has sued the man who created “Ghettopoly” — a knockoff featuring “playas” who build crack houses on Cheap Trick Avenue instead of hotels on Boardwalk.

Instead of what is known in the US as Boardwalk and in the UK as Mayfair, there is Smitty's XXX Peep Show. And in this game you can play as Pimp, Machine Gun or Marijuana Leaf, unless you fancy being ...

Instead of buying hotels and landing on Boardwalk, players of the new "Ghettopoly" board game build crack houses, purchase stolen properties and get car jacked. NAACP chapters in several cities have ...

Associated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I. ? The company making the Monopoly board game has sued the man who created ?Ghettopoly? ? a knockoff featuring ?playas? who build crack houses on Cheap Trick Avenue ...

This is not your average Monopoly board game. In Ghettopoly, there's no little guy with a top hat, cane and white mustache. Instead, there's a bandanna-wearing African American man holding an Uzi in ...

In Monopoly, a chance card might tell you to pass “Go.” But in Ghettopoly, a “Hustle” card may instruct you to go “straight to Cheap Tricks Ave.” A spoof on Monopoly, Ghettopoly has been available ...

Cheap Trick Avenue instead of Boardwalk? Hernando’s Chop Shop instead of Reading Railroad? Black leaders are outraged over a new board game called “Ghettopoly” that has “playas” acting like pimps and ...

A new Monopoly-style board game based on racial stereotypes has sparked an uproar among African-Americans and others nationwide, with the NAACP calling this week for production and sale of the game to ...

Today marks a moment of accountability for two merchants of hate who have chosen to sell sickening, degrading caricatures of black people for profit. New Yorkers of all backgrounds – especially those ...

I guess I’m obligated to be offended by this new board game. After all, Al Sharpton says I should. And not just Rev. Al, either. Many other people–including NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and radio host ...

A few nights ago, I went to see Bobby Short playing his 35th season at the Cafe Carlyle, where, one assumes, particular people congregate – upper East Side types who want to hear some class at the ...