The “cracker” argument on Twitch has had a lasting impact on the community from its inception in December with a ban being imposed for using the word
And it remains a hot topic even now. Three well-known broadcasters who dared to test Twitch’s tricky terms of service (TOS) with a seemingly powerless word but still had to pay the price for their activities are listed below.
Twitch Cracker Drama And Ban Meaning: List Of Streamers Who Have Said The Word During Livestream
// slavery mention , racism mention
like hellll white ppl were given that name bc they cracked their whips on slaves …. like . whos the one being oppressed there .?
— kris ♤ ART 📌 !!! sleeping (@kristonical) February 8, 2022
Due to recent events I feel the need to reiterate that cracker is not a slur and never will be no matter how much twitch weirdos and LSF cry about it. It’s not a word to oppress people. It’s a word to describe oppressors. Calling cracker a slur is like calling racist a slur
— Scepticskeptic (@Scepticskeptic1) February 8, 2022
Hey @twitch I'm never going to stop saying cracker on stream and you'll never ban all of my accounts pic.twitter.com/lY1MMcUNQk
— Comment Etiquette (@commentiquette) January 12, 2022
Twitch’s Terms of Service are fairly strict about what their streamers are permitted to do or condone. Following the latest DMCA strikes, the cracker dispute is likely the most pressing issue for Twitch streamers.
Top 3 Twitch streamers that got in trouble for using the term “cracker”
3) BruceDropEmOff
Bruce Ray “BruceDropEmOff,” the originator of One True King’s content, was possibly the most contradictory of the few streamers caught in the act. After being banned for using the term “cracker” in another streamer’s chat, the streamer immediately took to Twitter.
Bruce’s race plays a significant factor in determining whether Twitch’s move to ban him for using the insulting term “cracker” was fundamentally discriminatory or not. He offers a straight-to-the-point explanation during his stream. Before dropping the word that interjects his justification for saying it in the first place.
2) Froste
On December 26, 2021, broadcaster Erind “Froste” posted about his efforts to overturn a suspension. That had been imposed after he called a friend a cracker. Twitch, on the other hand, refused to comply.
To add to the commotion, Froste decided to make light of the issue by promising his audience a comeback stream centred on crackers. The streamer announced on Twitch a “cracker tier list” where he intended to rank his favourite sorts of savoury nibbles. Albeit not with the goal of trivialising the situation, a few days after his 7-day ban.
My return to Twitch will be today at 4pm CST! (3 hours from now)
Starting off the new year right with a Cracker tier list! pic.twitter.com/drisms0kyD
— Froste 💯 (@Froste) January 7, 2022
1) HasanAbi
It’s reasonable to say that Turkish-American Twitch broadcaster Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker was the one who started the cracker argument in the first place. He had the most to say about this as a left-wing political analyst.
On December 14, 2021. Hasan received his third ban hammer in his Twitch career for using the ‘c-slur’ during a live stream. He provided some additional background on his Twitter account. Wherein he made it clear that he had been banned for “anti-white racism”:
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