Editing Video game developer (section)

====Racial====
{{see also|Race and video games}}
There is also a significant gap in racial minorities within the video game industry; a 2019 IGDA survey found only 2% of developers considered themselves to be of African descent and 7% Hispanic, while 81% were Caucasian; in contrast, 2018 estimates from the [[United States Census]] estimate the U.S. population to be 13% of African descent and 18% Hispanic.<ref name="2019 igda survey">{{cite web | url = https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/igda-website/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/29093706/IGDA-DSS-2019_Summary-Report_Nov-20-2019.pdf | title = Developer Satisfaction Survey 2019 Summary Report | date = November 20, 2019 | access-date = June 4, 2020 | publisher = [[International Game Developers Association]] | archive-date = March 15, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200315002625/https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/igda-website/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/29093706/IGDA-DSS-2019_Summary-Report_Nov-20-2019.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/video-game-industry-grapples-with-murky-track-record-on-diversity.html | title = The $150 billion video game industry grapples with a murky track record on diversity | first = Ryan | last = Browne | date = August 14, 2020 | access-date = August 17, 2021 | work = [[CNBC]] | archive-date = August 17, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210817150052/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/video-game-industry-grapples-with-murky-track-record-on-diversity.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/21/confronting-racial-bias-in-video-games/ | title = Confronting racial bias in video games | first = Eric | last = Peckham | date = June 21, 2020 | access-date = August 17, 2021 | work = [[Tech Crunch]] | archive-date = August 17, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210817150052/https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/21/confronting-racial-bias-in-video-games/ | url-status = live }}</ref> In a 2014 and 2015 survey of job positions and salaries, the IGDA found that people of color were both underrepresented in senior management roles as well as underpaid in comparison to white developers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/igda-website/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21180408/IGDA_DSS_2014-2015_DiversityReport-2016.pdf|title=Developer Satisfaction Survey 2014 & 2015 - Diversity in the Games Industry Report|publisher=[[International Game Developers Association]]|date=2016-09-12|access-date=June 4, 2020|archive-date=2020-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604193501/https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/igda-website/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21180408/IGDA_DSS_2014-2015_DiversityReport-2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Further, because video game developers typically draw from personal experiences in building game characters, this diversity gap has led to few characters of racial minority to be featured as main characters within video games.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42357678 | title = Video games: How big is industry's racial diversity problem? | first = Rahil | last = Sheikh | date = December 20, 2017 | access-date = August 17, 2021 | work = [[BBC]] | archive-date = August 17, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210817150051/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42357678 | url-status = live }}</ref> Minority developers have also been harassed from external groups due to the toxic nature of the video game culture.<ref name="nytimes toxic geek"/>

This racial diversity issue has similar ties to the gender one, and similar methods to result both have been suggested, such as improving grade school education, developing games that appeal beyond the white, male gamer stereotype, and identifying toxic behavior in both video game workplaces and online communities that perpetuate discrimination against gender and race.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/15/video-game-industry-diversity-problem-women-non-white-people | title = The video game industry has a diversity problem – but it can be fixed | first = Chella | last = Ramanan | date = March 15, 2017 | access-date = March 15, 2017 | work = [[The Guardian]] | archive-date = June 28, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190628153943/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/15/video-game-industry-diversity-problem-women-non-white-people | url-status = live }}</ref>