Asian professional gamers talk about racism in the United States



Blizzard Entertainment of popular FPS ' over-watch is a professional e-sports league,' ' over-watch League ' Korean e-sports athletes 'that are competing in the Fearless Eui-Seok Lee said' that is, on its own Twitch channel He talks about the racism he experienced while spending time in the United States.

Korean Overwatch League Player Shares His Experience With Anti-Asian Racism In America
https://kotaku.com/korean-overwatch-league-player-shares-his-experience-wi-1846655749

Fearless is a Korean esports player who belongs to the Overwatch League team Dallas Fuel , a team based in Dallas, Texas, USA. Dallas Fuel is based in Dallas and is a professional gamer in the United States. The total prize money won in the Overwatch League is $ 128,997 (about 14 million yen).

The following movie is a summary of what Fearless talked about racial discrimination that he experienced in the United States in his own distribution. In the movie, Fearless said, 'It's seriously scary to spend time as an Asian in America. People around me sell fights to us Asians right away. Always look at me and get close to me right away. They come and cough on purpose and laugh and swear. This is really scary. Koreans living abroad should be careful. Racial discrimination in the United States is not a joke. ', And confesses the racial discrimination that he experienced nakedly.



Fearless complained of racism in the broadcast when hate crimes against Asian Americans reached unprecedented levels in the United States. Former US President Donald Trump has repeatedly evacuated that the pandemic of the new coronavirus was caused by China, causing hate crimes against Asians, Kotaku of overseas game media points out.

After Fearless confessed to his experience of racism, the Overwatch League and fans have expressed their support for Fearless and are calling for the elimination of racism on the hashtag '#stopasianhate.' Mike Rufail, co-founder of Team Envy, the parent organization of Dallas Fuel, to which Fearless belongs, has posted a movie on Twitter that criticizes racism. In the movie, Rufail said, 'We will do everything we can to make our players feel comfortable.'



With multiple Asian players participating in the Overwatch League, Kotaku contacts each team and asks if the players in the team are victims of racism like Fearless. I will.

'There have been events we've dealt with in the past, but as far as I know, no hate crimes have been identified recently,' said Albert Mayhem, general manager of Florida Mayhem , who responded to the comment. He also mentioned that professional gamers spend their days almost isolated from the outside due to the influence of the new coronavirus. 'In a sense, protecting the self-restraint of going out due to a pandemic leads to the protection of the players belonging to it. I am. '

Chris Lauranger, president of games at Boston Uprising , said, 'Asian players who have lived in the United States have never encountered a racist incident and let management know if something happens. I'm instructing you to do that. '

Washington Justice and Atlanta Reign commented that although there were no issues, they encouraged and encouraged staff and team members to raise any concerns and would support them as much as possible.

In addition, the Overwatch League official responded to the increasing racial discrimination against Asians, saying, 'Activision Blizzard condemns racial discrimination as strongly as possible. We are the Asian community and employees. We are working with athletes to combat hate and ignorance throughout the organization, including e-sports. '

In addition, Rufail shares some of the racial discrimination measures that Dallas Fuel is implementing, and says that it is working to 'improve security measures for athletes'. 'We sincerely hope that each Overwatch League team will take the threat of racism seriously,' Kotaku wrote.

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