Ethan Klein slams Twitch bans over \u201ccracker\u201d controversy after Hasan suspension Ethan Klein\/HasanYouTube star Ethan Klein has criticized Twitch\u2019s decision to ban Hasan \u2018HasanAbi\u2019 Piker, as well as two other streamers, for their use of the word \u201ccracker\u201d on stream. Hasan and two other streamers were banned from Twitch on December 13 allegedly for their use of the word \u201ccracker\u201d on stream. Since then other streamers, like Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel, have chimed in on the controversy offering a defense of Twitch saying the use of the word was \u201ctrashy.\u201d Now, H3H3\u2019s Ethan Klein has offered a defense of the exiled Twitch star and a critique of how the platform has handled the situation. H3H3 backs Hasan during Twitch ban Ethan Klein shared his thoughts on the ban in a tweet on December 14. He said, \u201cNobody was offended when I did white face because it\u2019s a stupid joke with no real consequences & no history of oppression.\u201d Ethan included a picture of him in \u201cwhite face\u201d in the tweet, which comes from a video of his back in 2016 which was titled, \u201cMTV Hates White Guys.\u201d The YouTuber added, \u201cTwitch banning \u201ccracker\u201d is giving oxygen to white identity politics & putting white grievances on equal footing with actual oppressed people.\u201d Nobody was offended when I did white face because it\u2019s a stupid joke with no real consequences & no history of oppression. Twitch banning \u201ccracker\u201d is giving oxygen to white identity politics & putting white grievances on equal footing with actual oppressed people. pic.twitter.com\/L1x6hCY3L5 \u2014 Ethan Klein (@h3h3productions) December 15, 2021 Ethan worries that Twitch banning its streamers over the use of \u201ccracker\u201d puts the word a pedestal typically held for much harsher phrases. Hasan and Ethan have become quite close since the two launched their podcast \u201cLeftovers\u201d together in September 2021, and the duo will surely discuss Hasan\u2019s ban in the next installment of the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ethan Klein slams Twitch bans over \u201ccracker\u201d controversy after Hasan suspension Ethan Klein\/HasanYouTube star Ethan Klein has criticized Twitch\u2019s decision to ban Hasan \u2018HasanAbi\u2019 Piker, as well as two other streamers, for their use of the word \u201ccracker\u201d on stream. Hasan and two other streamers were banned from Twitch on December 13 allegedly for their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}