Pokimane responds to backlash after another video resurfaces containing racial slur Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys responded to a horde of criticism after a video of her repeatedly using a racial slur surfaced on March 4. The clip of her using the slur appeared after Pokimane cleared up a separate occasion of her seemingly using the same word on stream. While the clip in question is old, it\u2019s much less ambiguous than the previous time the controversial streamer was accused of using the slur. In her response to the video containing NSFW language, Pokimane said it was difficult to contextualize why she used the word but attributed the incident as a result of her age at the time and the environment that gave the slur a different meaning. hard for me to speak on this clip’s context because it’s so old (i’m almost 23 and was underage in that clip), but it was definitely not said in a racist or derogatory manner. it was a time period\/environment where saying it was more common and used as a replacement for “”dude””1\/2 \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) March 4, 2019 The streamer was direct in distinguishing her character today as opposed to when the video took place, saying she would never use the slur where she is now. \u201cHard for me to speak on this clip\u2019s context because it\u2019s so old (I\u2019m almost 23 and was underage in that clip),\u201d Pokimane said. \u201cBut it was definitely not said in a racist or derogatory manner. it was a time period\/environment where saying it was more common and used as a replacement for \u2018dude.\u2019 It\u2019s been many years and I don\u2019t ever say it now because I realize it\u2019s distasteful and looks bad, and i\u2019ve never said it in a racist way \/ hard r either (just in a cringey way unfortunately)\u201d Similarly the streamer addressed the previous incident, brought up by Keemstar of her allegedly using a racial slur saying: \u201cI said \u2018this anivia\u2019 (sounded like \u2018this nivia\u2019), aka a champion in league of legends. smh when u found out keem is a fake gamer.\u201d i said “”this anivia”” (shounded like “”this nivia””), aka a champion in league of legends. smh when u found out keem is a fake gamer :pensive: on the real, stop baiting likes by spreading lies. \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) March 4, 2019 People were overwhelmingly siding with the streamer in both instances. In the old clip, people recognized the word\u2019s use and noted how it wasn\u2019t said in an offensive manner while suggesting to just move on from the incident. Although the streamer unquestionably owned her actions from years ago, some were hesitant to vindicate Pokimane since her response seemed to lack an apology. wow nowhere in these tweets did she even actually APOLOGISE for using the n word, lost a lot of respect for pokimane now \u2014 joel (@sweetenerlntro) March 4, 2019 Pokimane has been at the center of many controversies lately, and will look to press on with the support of her fans and fellow creators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane responds to backlash after another video resurfaces containing racial slur Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys responded to a horde of criticism after a video of her repeatedly using a racial slur surfaced on March 4. The clip of her using the slur appeared after Pokimane cleared up a separate occasion of her seemingly using […]<\/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-57970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57970","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=57970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}