The Fortnite pro “Dubs” has now also been banned from Twitch after being punished by the FaZe Clan, following his use of a racist insult. Pro colleague Turner “Tfue” Tenney says: He is about 10 years old. As kids, we do stupid things, but …
Why was the player banned? The ban on Twitch came a few days after Daniel “Dubs” Walsh made a racist remark during a stream. However, this did not happen on his own channel, but rather on another Twitch streamer’s channel.
In the voice chat, Dubs’ racist comment could be heard. Shortly thereafter, his team, the FaZe Clan, issued a statement declaring that such behavior would not be tolerated. For the time being, the Fortnite pro is suspended from the clan and does not represent them any further. Additionally, the player is to undergo sensitivity training.
Following the incident on Twitch, pro Dubs had already caught attention in the Fortnite community and at his clan on February 29, 2020. However, it wasn’t until now, on March 4, that his Twitch channel was banned. This information comes from @StreamerBans on Twitter.
It is quite possible that the ban is a consequence of this remark, and Twitch is enforcing the ban even though the remark did not occur on Dubs’ channel.
Streamer colleague MontanaBlack was banned on Twitch in October 2019. Here, too, an outburst was to blame, which was not heard on his own channel, but rather in another stream.
Tfue: “He’s like … 10 years old?”
This is what the colleague says: After the FaZe Clan’s punishment of Dubs became clear, pro colleague Tfue spoke up. He says that Dubs should not be labeled as a racist. (via Dexerto)
“Just because someone says the N-word doesn’t mean that person is a racist. So I don’t believe Dubs is a racist. But it is pretty odd that he would say something like that in his ‘off time’,” explains the pro. The situation seems strange to Tfue because it sounded like Dubs said the word intentionally in his non-streaming time and not accidentally on his own stream while under pressure.
“He’s also about 10 [years old]. Not that it makes it any better. But when we were kids, we all did stupid stuff, you know?”
A user commented that this probably happened by accident. “That was by accident? I don’t think he says the ‘hard R’ by accident.” Hard R refers in English to the racist insult “Nigger.”
Even Tfue slipped this word during a live stream, which is why he was banned from Twitch for a week.
