Fortnite pro deletes Twitter after \u201cracist\u201d video sparks backlash Epic GamesThe 13-second video, shared widely by Jake Lucky, shows multiple firearms in a small room and a safe with shelves full of ammo. \u201cJust in case there\u2019s ever a zombie apocalypse, or a n***** outbreak, we got the armory n****,\u201d Sin allegedly says in the video. Actually insane that people like this exist in the space. Fortnite player \u201cSin\u201d who qualified for FNCS grand finals today openly saying he fears an \u201cN word outbreak\u201d while showing off his gun collection What the actual fk pic.twitter.com\/HfhIEg0P58 \u2014 Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) May 23, 2022 Sin doubled down on the video, which was originally posted by an account under the name Sin3278Racist, confirming that the video is of him. \u201cI never threatened anyone or said I\u2019m gonna do anything,\u201d Sin said in a Twitter post screenshotted by Jake Lucky. The video started being widely shared on May 22. By the morning of May 23, Sin\u2019s Twitter account had been deleted, and the account that initially leaked the video was also taken down. \u201cThis was a Twitter account used to expose a racist Fortnite player, the person in question deleted his Twitter and therefore this account has no further use,\u201d the Twitter bio for Sin3278 now says. Sin recently qualified for the Fortnite Champion Series: Chapter 3 Season 2 \u2013 Grand Finals in North America with his partner \u2018Acro\u2019 over the course of May. Acro has since distanced himself from his duo. Regards to everything happening right now, I do not associate with anything sin has said and do not agree with it. Whether it’s him or not I do not support it at all. I will never be associating with him again and I hope you all understand I have no control over anything. Sorry. \u2014 Acro (@AcropolisFN) May 23, 2022 \u201cWhether it\u2019s him or not I do not agree with it al all. I will never be associating with him again and I hope you all understand that I have no control over anything,\u201d Acro said on Twitter. The two had the second most points in the North American East region after the third Semi-Final Session. Fortnite community reaction to pro\u2019s \u201cracist\u201d video The video has been retweeted over 500 times and over 400 Twitter users have QT\u2019d it at the time of publishing. The video also comes over a week after a mass shooting took place in Buffalo, New York in which the shooter targeted Black community members. One of the more prominent reactions to the \u201cracist\u201d video form the Fortnite pro was Complexity content creator \u2018Ninjayla.\u2019 the amount of fear and anxiety that black people have to deal with because of people like this is so fucking sad. i do not feel safe anywhere https:\/\/t.co\/jamoeVlYH9 \u2014 jayla (@Ninjayla) May 23, 2022 \u201cI do not feel safe anywhere,\u201d she said in a quote tweet of the video. Sergio Brack, the Director of Esports at the University of Maryland echoed this sentiment in his own post. \u201cI don\u2019t see racism in gaming.\u201d We don\u2019t just make this stuff up. Black people are not valued, protected, or respected in this space and I\u2019m reminded of that on a regular basis\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/JbPrBTOE5C \u2014 Sergio (@ImPhysix) May 23, 2022 \u201cBlack people are not valued, protected, or respected in this space and I\u2019m reminded of that on a regular basis,\u201d Brack said. Epic Games has not issued a statement about the player or the video at the time of publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pro deletes Twitter after \u201cracist\u201d video sparks backlash Epic GamesThe 13-second video, shared widely by Jake Lucky, shows multiple firearms in a small room and a safe with shelves full of ammo. \u201cJust in case there\u2019s ever a zombie apocalypse, or a n***** outbreak, we got the armory n****,\u201d Sin allegedly says in the […]<\/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-74135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74135","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=74135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}