Post discusses racism in the Splatoon community
News / Drama: Some members of the leading Splatoon competitive team are currently facing accusations of doing unpleasant thingsThat's yet another news category I see...
3 members of the #1 Splatoon team in North America, Jackpot, were accused of making racist comments alongside other unpleasant comments in the past yesterday. This comes after a banner of their team was inserted into the game as they won the Splatoon 3 World Championship (I reported on this a few days ago).
Based on information I've been given, some members have wiped parts of their social media presence, some have made an apology (seems to have been withdrawn though) or others are working on an apology.
I don't want to delve too deep into it, but I'm going to leave some Twitter links I was sent as a resource:
Statement by the team coach: https://xcancel.com/_Ren97/status/1800686264879853746
(CW for racist language/imagery) Proof of this occuring: https://xcancel.com/adaptability_/status/1800557391404265812
(Again CW for this) More proof of people doing this, interestingly showing members from other teams taking part in this behaviour too: https://xcancel.com/sant4naaaa/status/1800609788809683209?s=46
This is extremely disappointing that this is going on, the Splatoon community is usually one of the most diverse places on the internet. We are supposed to be welcoming to anyone.
Thanks to @soda for initially notifying me about this, @CF_Exile for tagging me in their post and members of the Squids for Palestinian Kids server for sending information across.
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