Streaming giant Twitch has caused outrage after banning an African-American girl for her Africa-themed cooking show and seeming to accuse her of being a white cultural appropriator. The girl — youtuber Brittany Venti — was then forced into the humiliating position of having to submit an actual DNA analysis to prove her descent, shocking Twitch Support screenshots reveal.
“This is insanity,” Brittany shared on Twitter. “I can’t even talk about my own race on Twitch, I get told I’m not my own race and I can’t have a cooking stream based on REAL African and Haitian food that is WELL known and DOCUMENTED.”
“I got banned for having an African cooking stream today on Twitch because they thought it was offensive. My mom is black, I was raised by her –a black woman. They just assumed my race and banned me. I have DNA testing to prove this,” she added.
Brittany’s tweets about the incident as well as her correspondence with Twitch Support quickly went viral, and many content creators have spoken up in her defense.
Twitch is not new to racial and admin abuse controversies. In a major 2013 flap, Twitch banned “vast amounts” of streamers for speaking out against Horror, a furry lead Twitch administrator who abused his powers to “make his boyfriend’s ‘fursona’ into a global Twitch emote” as well as banning anyone he personally didn’t like.
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I donate $200 to Brittany every week, because her boyfriend doesn’t work. Lazy cunt. I think she’s into me though. I’m one of her two mods (the other being her boyfriend) but she always talks to me in stream. I always asked if she can flash on twitch, but she just ignores me so I stopped asking lol but yeah, her boyfriend is a major loser, and she needs to be with someone that can support her.
the one thing wrong with this is she got banned for cultural appropriation.
why not just let her live stream and tell her to tone down certain parts, because people may get offended?
33% wouldn’t be enough if she had 2 non-black parents but since she had a black mother i personally believe it’d be better to call her black because 33% + an african american mother should equal black. sorry if i sounded too scientific. i just believe that the ban was unruly but she should be able to stream, a little toned down.
mixed race people aren’t black or white. They are called mulatto especially if they have one black and white parent. Most people in America don’t know this.
Aren’t these the same PC people who think race is a social construct? She identifies as black therefore she is black. Checkmate
Just 32%? Even Portugal has more African blood.
one drop rule
and racism isn’t counted in absolute numbers. she isn’t 70% racist because 30% of her is black.
So, do you have to be Italian to live stream cooking Italian food? Or Chinese to live steam Chinese food
Is that acruelly in their TOS?
This sound like a made up story it’s so unbelievable.
It’s called cultural appropriation and it’s a big deal. Have you been living under a rock?
Pretend it’s a big deal but it never will be. It’s a joke. gently caress n****************, and the garden gnomes who raised them.
no one cares
God you’re stupid
She’s a cracker, not black just because she’s 1/3 black. She’s not part of my race.
Who would want to be? Gross.
gently caress you racist
gently caress you nignog. Go back to Africa in live in a mudhut.
Wow, look at that.
A degen-whitey boi.
Looks black to me.
Obama, like her, also had 1 black parent and one white parent.
for you to consider a mixed race person like Obama not black is racist and disgusting.
go back to your Trump rally you racist
LE 56% FACE
I’m missing the part where they forced her to submit a DNA test.
I didn’t. Then again I can read very smartly, I have many good words in my excellent brain.
Do better, Twitch.
Welcome to twitch the most PC steaming website around
UPDATE: I’m trying to stream tonight but Twitch Support has not unbanned me even though it was supposed to have been a 24 hour ban, it’s been past 24 hours now. I was not notified of an extension or ban change.
lol, we reach a new low as a society….I guess 33% black is not pure enough for them
Don’t think the video is still available but a lot of people on Twitter saying it was pretty racist – clicking noises, making ‘mud cakes’, banana oven gloves etc. It makes a lot more sense than them banning her for just cooking
Clip from the stream is here. Can’t see why she was banned at all…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJJPxI9lyk
“Mud cakes” as you put it, or mineral-enriched cookies, are a legitimate part of the Haitian cuisine. There is a lot of reporting on it, including how they’re made. Here’s one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3337cj4sJQ
Who gives a poopy what colour she is? Anyone can teach cooking
Official response from @Twitch : “Twitch doesn’t comment on terms of service violations.”
70% European genes means she is white. Claiming otherwise would be retarded and illogical.
33% black, raised by a black mother, identifies as black. Of course she’s black.
Jamesdean, that’s a hefty dose of racism you’re throwing around there.
It’s nowhere even closely related to racism. It’s statistics and nothing else. Her calling herself black is practically akin to males genetically proven male calling them females simply because they want to.
So Obama is white now?
It is incredibly racist to tell an African American they aren’t “black enough” This is specifically a cultural historical issue as people were persecuted for having only a fraction of African ancestry. Trying to diminish her life, family and culture because she doesn’t meet your standard is appalling.
Obama, like her, also had one black parent and one white parent.
for you to say a mixed race person like Obama is not black is racist and disgusting
go back to your Trump rally you racist