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Former Evo Champion Banned From Multiple Fighting Game Events After Racist Tweet Gundam

Former Evo Champion Banned From Multiple Fighting Game Events After Racist Tweet

Photo: Cameron Baird, Red Bull Content Pool After posting a tweet that both mocked the Black Lives Matter movement and peddled in racist tropes, former Evo champion Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez has been banned from several fighting game events. This includes an indefinite suspension from Capcom-related tournaments. Ramirez has always…
bubmag
June 17, 2020
Divisive Data Filter Bubble

Divisive Data

The promise of the internet was a promise of connection. Networked technologies would erase the physical and cultural space that separated us. Digital communications would unite us like never before. Online platforms would “bring the world closer together” (Zuckerberg 2017). Communication technologies would collapse boundaries, encourage dialogue, and facilitate mutual…
bubmag
June 17, 2020
Avery Bradley wants changes from NBA: ‘Don’t put all of the weight on your player’ Meritocracy

Avery Bradley wants changes from NBA: ‘Don’t put all of the weight on your player’

Lakers center Dwight Howard, saying he agrees with Nets star Kyrie Irving, released a statement about fighting social injustice and racism. Irving’s coalition, which also includes Lakers guard Avery Bradley, released another statement that made no direct mention of the NBA and said: “We are combating the issues that matter…
bubmag
June 17, 2020