Twitch streamer shocked after being unfollowed due to his race LifeofRio, Twitch \/ FreepikPopular live streamers and internet personalities are often no strangers to hateful remarks, due to their large online followings \u2013 but one Twitch streamer received a direct message that left him speechless. Streamer \u201cLifeofRio\u201d is a relatively popular face on Twitch, boasting over 48,000 followers on the platform and over 124,000 subscribers on YouTube \u2013 but his upbeat attitude and online popularity didn\u2019t stop a fellow streamer from sending him a racist message. Rio posted a screenshot of the message to Twitter on August 22, which showed the sender claiming that she had to unfollow him on social media due to his race. 400https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeofRio\/status\/1162898437106479105?s=20\u201c\u2026I like to see content creators that look more like me skin-wise so I can grow,\u201d the message read. \u201c\u2026I just don\u2019t see the point of following a black streamer since we have different audiences. I think if the circumstances were different, this would be a great friendship.\u201d Needless to say, Rio claimed that he didn\u2019t know how to respond to the unprompted message, calling the sender and those who share her sentiments \u201cseriously annoying.\u201d I honestly do not know what to say\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. she legit can\u2019t watch me because I\u2019m black??? Twitch streamers who think like this is seriously annoying pic.twitter.com\/szWyaZishr \u2014 Rio:leaves: (@LifeofRio) August 22, 2019 That\u2019s not all: Rio posted another Tweet just before revealing the message, which he claimed made him feel \u201clike I\u2019ll just be looked down on, no matter how hard I try.\u201d Rio\u2019s Tweet has since gone viral across the streaming community, with many commenters expressing their sympathies and noting the ridiculousness of the sender\u2019s logic. The dm I just got for the first time made me feel like I\u2019ll just be look down on no matter how hard I try \u2014 Rio:leaves: (@LifeofRio) August 22, 2019 \u201cI\u2019m afraid I can\u2019t follow any of you because you\u2019re all skinny and sexy,\u201d one user mocked. \u201cDifferent audiences\u2026 Wtf is this person on lol.\u201d I’m afraid I can’t follow any of you. Because you’re all skinny and sexy. Different audiences\u2026. :joyful::joyful::joyful::joyful: Wtf is this person on lol. \u2014 Mike James (@Itsthemikejames) August 23, 2019 \u201cI don\u2019t even have the vocabulary to express how dumb that guy is,\u201d top streamer and gaming YouTuber Brad \u201cDrift0r\u201d Overby commented. I don’t even have the vocabulary to express how dumb that guy is. \u2014 Drift0r (@Drift0r) August 23, 2019 This wouldn\u2019t be the first time Rio has been met with racist vitriol, either: the streamer fought against an incredibly racist player in Mortal Kombat 11 just a few days ahead of receiving the offensive message, detailing his negative experience in a humorous YouTube video despite his opponent\u2019s contempt. While Rio has yet to provide another statement regarding the racist message, netizens are banding together to decry the sender\u2019s harmful words and make it clear that there is no place for racism in gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch streamer shocked after being unfollowed due to his race LifeofRio, Twitch \/ FreepikPopular live streamers and internet personalities are often no strangers to hateful remarks, due to their large online followings \u2013 but one Twitch streamer received a direct message that left him speechless. Streamer \u201cLifeofRio\u201d is a relatively popular face on Twitch, boasting […]<\/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-62737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62737","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=62737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}