Study: Violent Video Games Encourage Racist, Aggressive Attitudes Toward Blacks

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Article doesn't state if the players were randomly assigned to play with a black or white character, or if they themselves got to choose the black or white character.

If they got to choose the race of the character, you cannot say violent games cost anything because it is possible that people that already hold that stereotype are simply more likely to choose the black character.

Exactly. There might be a self selection effect here. I need to see whether the character choices were randomized.