Among Us, despite releasing two years back, is a game that has recently risen to the peak of its popularity, within just a few weeks. Over the past few weeks, this title has seen a massive upsurge in downloads, with the concurrent player base crossing the 3-million mark for the first time over the weekend.However, even for a non-competitive title, Among Us has recently seen several reports of racism and misgender during light-hearted casual games for catching the Imposter.Also read: Five best PC games like Among Ustw // racism / deathi was playing among us and this guy named himself “georgeflyd” and tried to say “i’m honouring him” but when i got killed by the imposter, he said “damn he got his neck kneeled on”.....people are fucking disgusting— 👻kreepy kai claims page 13👻 (@H0RR0RHOWELL) September 28, 2020to the cis ppl saying that they use they/them unless is a "clearly gendered" name i just wanna say that someone could be named Peter and use she/hercan't y'all just ASK???— ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ ‍dex/nelliel ✨ (@croptdex) September 26, 2020Regardless of its popularity, players have experienced toxicity that does not abide by any rules. A fair trigger-warning before full disclosure, the issues are quite concerning.What I learned so far in Among Us is this:Playing with people you know? Fun, exciting, lol worthy at timesPlaying with randoms? Salty, unfun, lots of anger, swearing, racism, etc. AVOID AT ALL COSTS— Angry Fire Doggo (@CharranArc) September 29, 2020Among Us criticized for sensitive gender and racial issuesSoooo I was on this game Among Us and this user named Cyan Sus has the audacity to talk his talk about the African American community. I'm letting you @InnerslothDevs know about this situation, because this is very unacceptable and racism should never be tolerated at all. pic.twitter.com/mpt4zBKi2S— Skippy😴 (@the_skippy_show) September 29, 2020A recent development has led to a community backlash concerning a sensitive topic. The characters in Among Us are more or less beyond the norms associated with gender, though there is a considerable section of the non-binary claiming that developers need to change certain aspects.Particularly the part where people have to address others based on their assumptions of color.Also read: Among Us: Map Differences - The Skeld, MIRA HQ, PolusReminder that when playing Among Us, refer to players using they/them or by their colour. You don't know their pronouns, so please don't misgender people by always referring to them with he/him— ً🍥Cocoa ~ BLM🍥ً (@MultiCocoa) September 24, 2020Numerous gamers took to social media explaining their stance on the gender issue. This game allows palyers to choose colors as part of the astronaut alias, which also involuntarily incites racism.tw death threats and racismi was just in the worst among us room ever literally my teammate threw me under the bus and everyone accused me of being imposter despite having no proof and was being really rude to me and told me to rot in hell and also saying they hate black ppl 😀 pic.twitter.com/lRTpEilZGd— lauren 🍒 (@sadgirlaurenn) September 28, 2020While that has been frowned upon by the gaming society, there is no getting past it. Since it is a game of deception, there are several lobbies where players naturally suspect that specific colors are 'not-innocent.'@AmongUs_Game the amount of racism and sexism that goes on in this game is atrocious! Please do something! pic.twitter.com/Tdrh7HLcMp— ✨🦋𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 ✝️ 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙖🦋✨ (@KiaTheBlessed) September 28, 2020Gender sensitization and racism are two of the most reprehensible issues in the modern age. Thus, it is indeed justified that a significant section of the community is expressing its righteous indignation towards the lack of pre-emptive measures.Developers respond with hopeful insightme watching cis among us playerz misgender me for the 11th time today bcz i main pink pic.twitter.com/0RQnMvw0c7— synth ★ (@HAKUYUKl) September 26, 2020InnerSloth is popularly recognized for their efficiency, and thus, it didn't take long to respond. The developers have been quite actively taking part in community interaction, and have indeed made claims to fix all existing problems first, before moving on to future projects.Among Us' developers remain a ray of hope to the communityAmong Us is a game that got popularized for its simplicity. Thus, when the game's structural integrity has a problematic element, it is best to root it out entirely. Primarily because of the diversity in popularity, this title has become a worldwide sensation in a brief period.Hopefully, it will have all non-discriminatory elements eliminated soon enough, encompassing every player's rights.