That post was how Davis, who is black, first became aware of the game, she said.
“I felt the pit of my stomach drop,” said Davis, who said that her great-great grandmother and great-grandfather are among her ancestors who endured the horrors of slavery.
“The idea of putting children in that place, thinking of my children…I just said, ‘This is where I draw the line. This is not OK,’” she said.
Davis and other critics contend that Flight to Freedom’s interactive game format minimizes the atrocities associated with the enslavement of millions of people over 245-plus years; that the game’s content is historically unbalanced by not giving equal attention to those who owned slaves or benefited from the institution of slavery; and that playing the game may be emotionally and psychologically traumatic for children, particularly students of color.