Jeffrey Rousseau
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Haitian | award winning journalist | formerly Gibiz | Art | Music | Health |DEI advocate | Fashionista | Creator |Product of Miami FL. lvl 38 he/him 🌻
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Hello folks, I've unfortunately have been laid off from
@GIBiz
I'm fine really.
I'm open to new work opportunities. If you require the skills of an award-winning reporter/journalist with a focus on marginalized voices and B2B writing, please consider me.
I'd appreciate it
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Every now and then I'll have a conversation that reminds me of this oil painting.
The Palace Guard by Ludwig Deutsch in 1892.
Then I think of what stories could be written.
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So anime & japanese games love to give PoCs hair that's very European or colorful. I'm not fan of either
So I almost lost my mind at this scene from Run With The Wind EP. 7
What we have here is multiple examples of Black hairstyles in 1 shot & I'm analyzing them for you
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Friend reminded me that it's been a year since I wrote this article about how video game character creators largely aren't good for us Black folks.
To date, this remains the Blackest, most relevant, & best essay I've personally ever published.
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Going quote a friend:
"It's not enough, but it's not nothing."
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I appreciate when a game puts in a real effort for Black hair choices. It can't just be sports games. *clap clap*
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Hey folks, in my latest write up:
I analyzed why videogame character creators tend to be frustrating for people of color.
More interestingly, I look at solutions & mention some of the best character creators to date.
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I'm never having my avatar wear a helmet. Ya'll see this clean fade? Proper skin tones and hair? 2019, I feel seen
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@NotNikyatu
Getting on my nerves daily. Like people been out here doing work for years.
All of suddent our Black trauma activates sweeping white guilt? And we're to believe it's real and legitimate?
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I mean y'all see it right? Lmaoooooo
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Things Black people knew for centuries: White supremacy runs America
Everyone else: shocked to see it on a presidential debate
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This decision was made *now*?
Scrabble officially bans racial slurs leaving competitive players furious
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Best Buy stops selling CDs in July. But will continue selling vinyls 🤔🤔.
OK.
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Well seeing as it's February 1st
Happy Black History Month to everyone around the globe.
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Good morning everyone and especially my Black folks.
Let have a good day & continue to mock people that like to use AAVE like the seasoning on food.
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We have a whole universe of stories like this that should be told.
I want to see more Black animators in charge to give us these stories.
The Mighty Grand Piton (2019), dir. Wesley Louis, The Line Animation
An impressive short film made to look like the trailer for an even bigger project -- a project that might be coming, given the director's remarks in interviews
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1 more thing.
Spare me your anti Black rhetoric in trying to blame Black folks in the South, especially here in Florida.
Who created voter suppression? And actively disenfranchises our communities?
Keep Black people out of your mouth
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Of course that was just 1 scene that had a few examples. Black hair styles is art and there's so many examples.
I live to see them all on screen across all mediums.
Please remember to tip your hairstylists and barbers.
PS love your hair because I see ya'll out there ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
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Good day
My lovely Blackfolk, gatekeep AAVE.
Or continue to openly & publicly mock people that mangle it.
Either one works for me.
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Yes as you can tell from the reactions of Animal Crossing having more Black hairstyles...
Please normalize having more than 4 (maybe) Black hairstyles in your video games on launch.
Yes adding them after launch is nice but still having them at launch would be better.
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🗣 your attention please everyone.
Batman Beyond the series is now available in HBO Max!
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Hey folks in this video, I teach you how you reply to the person that wrote the tweet someone else RTed.
So if you want to argue or reply you can untag me or whomever.
It is now 2020 & you have a video. So stop flooding peoples notifications
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Although good. I still wanna point out that this & most games not named NBA2K will give us real choices of legitimate Black hairstyles via DLC or an update.
I'm tired of us being an afterthought
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Ya'll I'm dying ☠☠🤣🤣
What would scare the humans?
"Diversity!"
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Hey folks, I'm honored to announce that I'm now a staff writer with
@GIBiz
. I'm honored & humbled to be working with the team.
I want to give a big thank you to the the diverse & inclusive spaces that encouraged me to write over the last 5 years. I wouldn't be here without yall
We're thrilled to announce the addition of our newest staff writer, Jeffrey Rousseau! You can follow him
@JRpotential
and you'll start seeing his work on the site soon.
Welcome aboard, Jeffrey!
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Ah yes the age old let's treat sex workers, whom are living breathing human beings, like trash play.
Even though our company wouldn't be worth dust without them.
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Hey folks.
#E32019
was a lot this week. But I noticed is no one wrote about some diverse & inclusive moments we appreciated.
So I wrote about that at length. Hope you like it.
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Bring this back on the timeline for the people that make 70% of the US population and are shocked
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Yoo, yall were uncomfortable about us talking about racial injustice before?
HA! You have no idea what's to follow.
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Hey folks, I had the opportunity to examine how Black gaming journalists are still ararity. But more importantly I also speak about how Black content creators are filling that void as we speak via
@USgamernet
. Please take a read.
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Yep, feels good to see Black vernacular constantly just end up being marketing and cool internet speak for others.
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The way entertainment mediums don't value dark skin Black people is ridiculous.
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From the far left, we have a nice fade. Common among folks & so damn fresh. ✊🏾
"The term 'fade' originated in ethnic barber shops and has become the popular term for an aggressively tight taper in men's hair."
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I love this show for real. Aside from it really do its to be inclusive & positively representative of other cultures.
Craig of the Creek is also Black show by way of what it's work.
Hoping all the cool ass Black folks that keep it authentic are having a great week
Check out the Black American Sign Language representation in Craig of the Creek! Black Deaf Advocates, a national deaf support group, consulted on the episode! 👐🏿 🧏🏾♂️ 💖
#CraigoftheCreek
#CartoonNetwork
#DontSleepontheCreek
#Deaf
#ASL
#ASLRepresentation
#BlackASL
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And the 3rd is the Hightop (my current hair style). 🙏🏾
Like all hairstyles it's been around for decades & is always stylish
When you see someone with a high top, you'll see beautiful uniformity.
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I'm very confused Candice Patton had to ask "permission" to have her natural hair on the next season of the Flash.
I'm probably over stepping this as a man. But Hollywood got some "weird" ass hang ups with Black hair & Blackness in general.
🤔
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Next we have the mini fro or getting there.
With Black hair, we have the beautiful option of just growing out our hair & going about our day.
This could also be that at some point someone had a lot of hair & decided to chop it off.
Either way it's a great look 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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Just a little reminder to all Black creatives this Black History Month.
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All jokes aside, the best part of December 21st is Black people having a good old time across the internet.
We needed this.
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Another reason why Black history is massive & needs to be continually taught more?
Did you know the author of The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas is/was a Black man?
His dad was born in colonial Haiti & his mom was Black, having lived in the same colony?
That's new to me 🤷🏾♂️
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Last & certainly not least. We have a shape up/Line up.
This is a haircut made along the natural hairline to make it straight.
This is a cut that you'll see a lot of folks with and they all will/do look great 👌🏾
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Yeah Pokémon just do more of this for them trailers.
Let me see that melanin
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Really solid article on how people need to hold JRPGs to higher standards and their subject matter.
Which include their racial depictions or there lack of.
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Thank you
@BlackinGaming
for the 2023 excellence in media award.
I'm honored to have my journalism recognized for advocating for a more diverse games industry.
It means a lot to me as Black journalist (not a lot us here). Thanks to
@GIBiz
team for helping me learn daily.
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Hey hey everyone Fast Color,
the film about the 3 generations of Black women with super powers is available digitally with Amazon.
Our review: "I've been waiting my entire life for a superhero movie like Fast Color."
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I don't know whom needs to hear this but if your game has Black hairstyles that I can count on my 1 hand.
Your character creator isn't good. It's the definition of bad. Black hair isn't new. The concept is new to you.
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Netflix's High on the Hog released today.
It's a 4 part (1hr approx. per episode) series focusing on the history/culture/livelihoods behind Black cuisine.
Going to watch now to nourish my spirit.
Okra originated on the continent of Africa. The french word for it is “gombo,” so there’s no coincidence that it’s a key ingredient in the gumbo dish.😋
Watch the first episode of
#HighOnTheHog
to learn more surprising facts about food origins.
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Hey just a friendly reminder.
If you're tired, or if the day feels heavy, don't fight it.
There's always tomorrow.
You always deserve a good night's rest.
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So my friend tells me after the month when everyone recognized Black issues, it was a trend, & then radio silence.
Every other week since, I've been on here reminding yall about your performative allyship
Of course I have. This time? Black women needed (need) us.
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I'm in utter disbelief a game outside Madden & NBA 2K has a high top fade.
Yall know how many games outside these sport games let me have my hairstyle? None, zero
Oh this is from the Daemon X Machina demo
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This is a good interview about the game.
But the devs really gave a bunch of words for "yeah our game just doesn't have Black and Brown people. It is what it is???"
EXCLUSIVE: In a brand-new interview on IGN, we talk to Final Fantasy XVI's development team about everything from its persistent Game of Thrones references to representation for people of color in its world. You can find the whole interview here:
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So umm where are the Lovecraft Country reviews by Black critics?
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"Interesting" isn't it? How every Black actors on popular TV shows will share how they dealt with racism. All the time.
But no I'm supposed to believe a lot of y'all (viewers/fandoms) not racist? Pffft
“Why am I the least favorite? The least amount of followers? I’m on the same show as everybody from Season 1.”
Not every Stranger Things child actor has felt the full extent of the fandom’s love and dedication
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Hey friends do you watch Cartoon Network's
@CraigoftheCreek
? Well you should.
The following is a thread dedicated to this wonderfully diverse & inclusive animated show.
And why I believe you should watch it.
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Also if you want a detailed guide into what us Black and Brown folks really need from video game character creators, I published a feature on it last year.
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Everybody looking for Black talent now...
We aren't interested in being the solo Black person at your job.
We aren't going down that path again
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@RedSwirl
To which I say. Why is that so hard?
Lol I'm tired of the colorful hair & European influences
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Reading Kotaku's article about Sojourn being added to Overwatch 2. I'm glad the following were mentioned.
Because the answers are bad & you can label them as you need Black women in lead positions in game development
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Hi. It's a good day for us to unconditionally support Black women across our respective communities, spaces, industries, and career fields.
The barriers they have to equity, opportunities, career advancement, visibility, & recognition won't be knocked down unless we do it
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Oh hey, I wrote an article for Ars Technica. And yep, I definitely talked the one major thing that definitely should've changed for both FF7 Remake & Trials of Mana but didn't.
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Dear people that post jobs,
Before I send them to my melanated friends & acquaintances (whom we all know you need more of)
*Include the yearly salary in the job posting*
Tell your HR pay transparency is simple
People don't like playing guessing games & wasting time.
Thanks
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Let's keep it 💯
Your political views harms myself, my community, & any marginalized lives in society?
Keep that shit moving
"We can still be friends despite our political views."
NO. THE. FUCK. WE. CANNOT.
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I've written so much about this professionally lmao.
Characters likeky had a bunch of different looks in early stages.
So yeah, decision makers (mostly not us) will go for the look from a popular 2018 Black movie because of their limited range.
Now we got clones everywhere
POV: You’re a game dev creating a *unique* black character
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I'm fairly certain, that with the releases of Subnautica: Below Zero and Aerial Knight's Never Yield
This is the 1st time 2 games starring Black people released within a week of each other.
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To everyone that's rightfully worried & angry about the state of things
That have to again put on a performance & smile to get through work to pay those bills...
I hope the day/week goes by fast & is kind to you.
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Please give a read of our latest report on our coverage of Black folks in the games industry.
What we've done last year & how we plan to improve going forward.
"The games industry -- and -- has a lot of work to do in better representing Black voices"
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Sending flowers to
@Xmiramira
and
@EbonixSims
they been doing work and championing the cause for years.
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Let me talk about the absurdity of 2020.
Two white men are debating for the highest seat of the US. Talking about our Black livelihoods as a matter of politics...
What an utter and complete circus
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AI generated models huh? I guess all the people of color just don't exist anymore.
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Good Monday to everyone on the queer spectrum.
May your day be stress free as possible.
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This is getting A LOT of attention.
If someone really tries to downplay why representation in games matters please direct them to this tweet.
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We need legit, bigger text for captions under accessibility in video games.
My ass shouldn't need a magnifying glass to read the words.
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*stares in Black*
Am I the only one that is looking at police officers, firefighters and service men and wondering if they are white supremacists on the DL?
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Yasuke is going to drop tomorrow and Black folks gonna flood the timeline with excitement & energy.
And I'm here to say preemptively it's going to be great. Because we and culture deserve this.
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These hard working folks deserve a lot.
Is this week off even paid? Nothing mentions that in writing. I sure hope it's paid...
Riot Games addresses burnout and crunch by giving employees a week off
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Regardless of the results.
Black people on this app will be rightfully telling ya'll to stop treating Black women like your deity memes,
instead humans that took charge to help enact changes you couldn't and whom deserve flowers/peace.
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Hey folks in my latest piece I analyze how & why Pokemon is legitimately 1 of the few RPGs I've played & really felt seen. & I'm guessing the same for you as well.
& you maybe legitimately surprised at how Game freak did this on multiple levels.
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