{"id":75413,"date":"2020-09-15T22:23:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T22:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/twitch-hispanic-heritage-emote-apology\/"},"modified":"2020-09-15T22:23:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T22:23:55","slug":"twitch-apologizes-for-inappropriate-hispanic-heritage-emote-modifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/15\/twitch-apologizes-for-inappropriate-hispanic-heritage-emote-modifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch Apologizes for Inappropriate Hispanic Heritage Emote Modifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twitch issued an apology after circulating insensitive emotes as part of its Hispanic Heritage Month. The emotes, criticized for a mixture of whitewashing and stereotyping, quickly garnered a cold response online and have been pulled from the site. However, images of the emotes are still circulating, with some members of the Twitch community<\/a> directing negative feedback at the company’s Twitter page.<\/p>\n

There are three emotes that have caused a stir, one depicting a woman wearing a sombrero, one depicting a woman holding maracas, and the final one being a woman with a guitar. All three were rejected as stereotypes by a portion of the platform’s community, many challenging Twitch to “do better” in the future, especially in times where the goal is to help uplift minority streamers.<\/p>\n

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Twitch’s apology made clear that the emotes were intended to put a positive spotlight on the Hispanic community and its creators, but that it “missed the mark” in attempting to do so. For the most part, the community has thanked Twitch for admitting its mistake, though there’s still plenty of criticism taking place.<\/p>\n