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Controversies
San Andreas was criticised by some for its perceived racial stereotyping. Some saw the alleged stereotyping as ironic, while others defended the game, noting that the storyline could speak to people of different backgrounds. A study in Games and Culture found that youth groups "do not passively receive the games' images and content".

San Andreas was criticised by some for its perceived racial stereotyping. The New York Times said that San Andreas was among the many video games that "played on racial stereotypes"; California child advocate Eileen Espejo added that "limiting what characters of color can do and cannot do in the games sends a message to kids". Others noted that the storyline could speak to people of different backgrounds. Kotaku opined that some interactions in San Andreas could be portrayed as a lack of racism, noting that characters spoke "without moderating their slang or tone of speech" and "[made] no comments whatsoever about each other's vocabulary, background or speech patterns".

Academics have studied the effect of perceived racial stereotyping in San Andreas. A 2010 study noted that the game was "laden with stereotypical images of African-Americans" and found that such games "influenced the processing of stereotype associations".

study in Games and Culture

Other studies sought to analyse the effect found that youth groups "do not passively receive the games' images and content".