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Podcast: Slate Technology
Episode: ICYMI: Decoder Ring: The Forgotten Video Game About Slavery
Description: In 1992, a Minnesota-based software company known for its educational hit The Oregon Trail released another simulation-style game to school districts across the country. Freedom! took kids on a journey along the Underground Railroad, becoming the first American software program to use slavery as its subject matter.Less than four months later, it was pulled from the market. In this episode, we revisit this well-intentioned, but flawed foray into historical trauma that serves as a reminder that teaching Black history in America has always been fraught.We hear from Julian Lucas, Mike Palmquist, Rich Bergeron, Josh Bergero...