Ah The Root. Peddling week-old news with nothing of substance to add.

This is such a stupid article. Sure it’s not the whole story, but to pretend that there aren’t role model issues in poor communities, and that it isn’t a contributing factor, is stupid. I saw the interview in question, framing this to pretend that Pete Buttigieg thinks this is the end all be all of fixing black…

At the end of the day Blizzard can cater to the Americans or the Chinese, but right now they can’t do both. If they want to stick with the Chinese market, fine, lets punish them over here.

No one is defending Blackface. You’re inability to understand the entire planet is not the United States and problems in the US are not necessarily problems in Lithuania makes me think you are an idiot.

“African-Americans” being the operative descriptor here. Why is Twitch enforcing cultural-norms of the United States on Lithuanian cosplayers?

Yeah you’re right it isn’t. Blackface is a problem in the United States and other countries that have a history of African slavery and later oppression. Lithuania doesn’t have those issues, and the world doesn’t revolve around US sensibilities. Black face is inappropriate in the United States and making a cosplay…