Hasan Piker BANNED on Twitch for ‘anti-white racism’ after saying ‘cracker’

STREAMER Hasan Piker has been banned on Twitch after he allegedly used the word “cracker” during one of his streams.

The ban started on Monday and is the third time the popular streamer has been booted off the streaming platform.

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Although Twitch has not explicitly stated why they banned the political commentator, many, including Piker, himself, are suggesting it’s because of his controversial choice of words.

“Yes. It is for exactly what you think it is. Anti-white racism for using the term ‘cracker’,” Piker, who quickly turned to YouTube and Twitter following the ban, tweeted.

The 30-year-old content creator, who also goes by the handle HasanAbi, is no stranger to this particular controversy.

In the past, Piker has been in several long-standing public debates over the term, with a number of his viewers claiming that “cracker” is a hateful slur.

“Recognize the person who’s calling you a F****ng cracker is literally powerless,” Piker has said in response to his viewers’ comments.

“They’re doing it as someone who has been historically oppressed, blowing off steam. You can say it’s infantilizing or whatever the F***, but that’s reality,” he added.

According to Twitch’s guidelines, the platform doesn’t allow “hateful conduct” under its harassment rules.

“Harassment becomes hateful conduct when the behavior is targeted at an individual(s) on the basis of protected characteristic(s),” Twitch stated in its community guidelines.

Piker, who mentioned on his Twitter account that he “probably” never used the word “cracker” before this weekend, boasts an impressive 1.6 million followers on Twitch and more than 50,000 subscribers.

It remains to be seen how the latest ban will affect the creator’s account and following.

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In other news, Samsung is reportedly killing off its beloved Note smartphone after more than a decade.

Apple has announced that it will let customers fix their own iPhones for the first time starting next year.

And the UK is fighting an epidemic of hack attacks targeting consumers and businesses, according to officials.

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk