Fortnite Gamer Suspended by Team for Racial Slur on Stream
The teenager said he “did not intend to be hurtful in any way” when he dropped the N-word on Twitch.
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A top Fortnite player who used the N-word while streaming on Twitch has been suspended indefinitely by his team and ordered to undergo sensitivity training. Danny “Dubs” Walsh, 16, apologized on Twitter for uttering the racial slur, saying he “did not intend to be hurtful in any way” but that “the word shouldn’t have been in my vocabulary.” In a tweet, his team, FaZe Clan said it “will not tolerate any form of hate speech” and that all team members will get sensitivity training “proactively.”
I can’t even describe how sorry I am. I did not intend to be hurtful in any way but what I said was still hurtful, insensitive, and wrong. The word shouldn’t have been in my vocabulary and I apologize from the bottom my heart to everyone I offended by using it. You deserve better
— FaZe Dubs (@Dubsfn) February 29, 2020
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