As long as people in the esports & streaming communities continue to defend dudes like this with "haha, he shouldn't have gotten drunk on stream" alibis instead of confronting issues head on, those communities will continue to have problems with racism dotesports.com/counter-strike…
It's childish behavior. It's like when your friend got caught doing some bad shit in class and everyone just looked down at the floor and hoped the teacher knew that you all learned your lesson. That isn't how professional spaces work. You have to be the teacher, not the kids.
Watch the clip, hear how he says it and how everyone reacts. That awkward "can we just not deal with this" non-action is barely defensible in the moment, let alone with distance and remove. streamable.com/yeew0
Me: Stop providing alibis
Total strangers caping for whiteness in my mentions: okay but did he say it in a racist way or was he just trying to be a badass????
Total strangers caping for whiteness in my mentions: okay but did he say it in a racist way or was he just trying to be a badass????
