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ABC News(NEW YORK)  The video game industry is one of the most lucrative tech sectors in the world, bringing in $159.3 billion globally, according to the International Trade Administration. But not everyone is getting a piece of that pot. Only 4% of game creators identify as Black, according to a study by the International Game Developers Association. Now some Black developers and historically Black universities are looking to change those statistics and, in turn, improve representation in the games themselves. "We re going to see diversity in all types of gaming, from the controllers that we use, to the storylines that are being told, to the characters that you re seeing," Jaycee Holmes, the director of curriculum for the nonprofit CodeHouse told ABC News. "More seats at the table means more quality gaming and experiences." Holmes brother Ernest, a software engineer at Google, co-founded CodeHouse to introduce more young Black students to the world of comput

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