TechTudo contacted the Jukes team, who declared that “they understand the weight that this word has and the damage it may have caused to people” and therefore regret the episode. The team classified the situation as “very unhappy” and stated that he accepts the suspension applied by Twitch. Still according to the team, Jukes always had the habit of changing words and names of the champions of the LoL randomly during their lives. In the match in question, Jukes claimed that he applied zero damage and that he would only be able to cause damage to enemies if he bought the item Black Cleaver. It was then that the streamer changed the word “cleaver” to “nigger”. The English term is considered a racial insult and is usually directed against black people. Jukes’ team claimed that the use of the word “was not intentional nor did it have a meaning behind it”. In its Community Guidelines, Twitch has no specific topic on racism. However, infractions like this fit in with “hateful conduct”. Under the rules, hateful conduct is “any content or activity that promotes, encourages or facilitates discrimination, defamation, objectification, harassment or violence”. The platform considers a zero tolerance violation. Flávio Fernandes is one of the most popular streamers in Brazil. According to TwitchMetrics, its channel is the fifth most viewed in Portuguese and has more than 1 million followers. Jukes was responsible for making the slogan “’re mec ”popular in his and other Brazilian streamers’ broadcasts. In the competitive scenario, the ex-pro player stood out for acting on the top route through Cloud9 Academy in 2019, but has already defended the shirt of Vivo Keyd, in 2016, and Submarino Stars, in late 2017.
