staff member racism

[frank fontaine]

Your In-Game Name:

You Just Won The Game

Your Steam ID:

STEAM_0:0:616995286

Who are you reporting?:

� Its Ya Boi Green � STEAM_0:0:156758112

Why are you reporting this player?:

racist party name. i asked him to change it as that kind of language makes me uncomfortable and he refused. this kind of stuff ruins the experience for a lot of people on the server.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1635359366456916388/BD32E874F7985C38CDFE317B1C27D8B82F806ABC/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

and don't even start with the "it's not racist unless its the hard R (or 50 other words)" bullshit. "nignog" is a racist term that has been used historically in a derogatory manner towards people of african descent and it shouldn't be used by anyone. especially not a staff member.

i informed this staff member that the language made me feel uncomfortable and he refused to change it so i have decided to take it onto the forums.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1635359366456916590/9016C225E1C06996FC73FA82E621B839EAE16305/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

bonus screenshot that really illustrates the problem

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1635359366456916737/D5B292E4B544FCB2DBC437DD1155CC53A6662C48/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

especially in the UK, "nignog" is considered equivalent to the N word.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.1984.9975878?journalCode=cjms19

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/04/race.schools

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nig-nog

i only wish that a staff member would have the common decency to refrain from use of incredibly offensive racial slurs when asked nicely by a player.

Do you have evidence related to this incident?:

Yes

@Rubik could you weigh in specifically on whether or not this kind of racism should have a place on your server?

Edited September 15, 2021 by frank fontaine

[Rubik]

I've reached out to Green myself and requested that he change his party name from "NigNogs" to something else. I understand this type of language can be offensive to some & staff should be setting a positive example for others by not promoting the use of offensive language. 

[Rubik]

Unless anyone has anything else they would like to add, I will close this and mark it as Accepted since Green was spoken to & the party name was changed. If anyone else has anything valuable to add, feel free to re-open it. Obviously if it continues to happen again, feel free to make a new report.