Apex Legends cosplayer banned from Twitch after using blackface on stream Karupups, Instagram \/ Respawn EntertainmentTwitch has seen its fair share of controversy, including body-painting slip ups, livestreamed porn, and more \u2013 but one streamer\u2019s use of racially charged makeup is stirring up outrage across the internet. Lithuanian Twitch streamer Karina \u2018Karupups\u2019 Martsinkevich caught flak for her cosplay of Apex Legends\u2019 Lifeline, but not without cause \u2013 the cosplayer\u2019s ensemble included a generous heaping of blackface makeup, which she applied during a live broadcast in mid-April. Karupups\u2019 stream soon garnered backlash across social media, with users decrying her change in skin tone even while her broadcast was live. Karupup went live in a stream to create a cosplay of Apex Legends\u2019 Lifeline \u2013 and soon found herself banned from the platform, reportedly due to using blackface.https:\/\/twitter.com\/LordBalvin\/status\/1117146673690611712 Banned for using blackface The streamer was later banned from the platform, which many attributed to her use of blackface. This development appeared to be confirmed by Russian news outlet DTF, which claimed that Karupups had received a 30-day ban for \u201cincitement to hatred towards a person or a group of people.\u201d Karupup\u2019s use of blackface to cosplay Apex Legends\u2019 Lifeline earned her mass backlash online.https:\/\/dtf.ru\/life\/46791-twitch-zabanil-strimershu-karupups-iz-litvy-za-kospley-na-personazha-iz-apex-legends Karupups\u2019 response to her Twitch ban Karupups herself called the cosplay \u201cnothing but an image,\u201d claiming that her viewers had been \u201cinterested\u201d in her cosplay as she created the outfit on stream. \u201cIt was just an image, nothing more,\u201d Karupups reportedly said of the debacle. \u201cThere was a big online, the guys asked how I dyed my hair, how make-up felt on my face, etc. They were interested. And in fact, many of those who threw the reports, then wrote to me in the Discord, they say, get a ban, we tried\u2026\u201d https:\/\/dtf.ru\/life\/46791-twitch-zabanil-strimershu-karupups-iz-litvy-za-kospley-na-personazha-iz-apex-legends Controversy throughout the cosplay community Karupups\u2019 cosplay even saw responses from within the cosplay community at large, with popular costumer \u2018Kayyybearxo\u2019 speaking out on the issue in a lengthy series of Tweets. \u201cSome people don\u2019t seem to understand why painting your skin darker is wrong,\u201d she explained. \u201cBeing black isn\u2019t a costume you can wear when you want. At the end of the day, you can wash off your face paint and never have to deal with anything that real [people of color] have to deal with.\u201d Some people dont seem to understand why painting your skin darker is wrong. Being black isnt a costume you can wear when you want. At the end of the day, you can wash off your face paint and never have to deal with anything that real POC people have to deal with\u2026 :shrug::skin-tone-4:\u2640\ufe0f \u2014 kay bear :bear_face: (@kayyybearxo) April 14, 2019 Kayyybear herself created a Lifeline cosplay that went viral in early March; however, her take on the character also received some unpleasant vitriol, with angry users harassing the cosplayer for creating a \u2018lewd\u2019 version of the support legend. Kayyybearxo\u2019s Lifeline cosplay received praise throughout the internet \u2013 but some fans weren\u2019t happy with her \u2018lewd\u2019 take on the character. Kayyybear likewise went under fire for her Jill Valentine cosplay in early April, for which she received a plethora of racist comments \u2013 prompting her to speak out on the matter with an encouraging post despite the hate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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