"Ban people for using the term Nazi next": Hasanabi slams Twitch for banning "cracker" for being a racial slur

Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker has hit back at Twitch after the platform banned two of his moderators for using the word “cracker.” He then posted another tweet claiming that Reddit had followed suit and the two moderators had been banned there as well.

On December 11, 2021, the streamer claimed on Twitter that the moderators had been banned from Twitch and was convinced that it was for their use of the word. Various content creators, such as Imane “Pokimane” Anys claimed that the term is indeed racially charged, while HasanAbi posted a lengthy, sarcastic tweet encouraging Twitch to ban the word “Nazi” next.

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HasanAbi feels "cracker" and "Nazi" can be used against racist white people

HasanAbi had earlier claimed in front of Pokimane that the term “cracker” was not a racial slur. The streamer claimed that the term is not used to target white/Caucasian people despite its racial connotations:

"The etymology of the word is different. Like cracker literally means 'whip cracker', it comes from 'whip cracker'. So the power is still in the hands of the white person."

However, Pokimane, Twitch and Reddit seem to disagree, given that two of his moderators were allegedly banned from Twitch for using the term. HasanAbi claimed that one of the mods was "brown" while the other one was Black.

Earlier today, he posted multiple tweets criticizing both Reddit and Twitch. Reddit followed suit by banning the two moderators over the use of the term “cracker.” The streamer compared the situation with the use of the term “gusano.” He then criticized Twitch again and encouraged the platform to ban the term “Nazi” next.

The streamer claimed that the term is used “against racist white people and it’s racially targeted and unacceptable.” The tweet was obviously sarcastic, with HasanAbi wanting to expose what he perceives as an issue, i.e., platforms targeting every term that might sometimes be used against different groups of people.

For him, terms like “cracker” and "Nazi" are fair game when used against racist white people and they should not be labeled as racial slurs in the same vein as "the n word."