PewDiePie must not be excused. Using the N-word is never OK | Chella Ramanan
by Chella Ramanan from Technology | The Guardian on (#31TMS)
It's simple: racism isn't funny. It's time the games industry showed it understands this by rejecting the YouTube megastar
Using the N-word is never okay. It's a fairly easy rule to live by, but one that needs repeating in the wake of YouTube megastar Felix Kjellberg's latest controversy.
Commonly known as PewDiePie, the vlogger called another player "a fucking nigger" during a live video stream. Taking too long to realise his mistake, he qualified the racist slur with "I don't mean in a bad way" and laughed it off.
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