Popular Twitch streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has some choice words for parents in an interview with The New York Times: Listen to, and more importantly, teach your kids. Ninja was asked several questions by the publication about a number of things in his life, from his plans to transition to voice acting to his comments a few years ago about not playing games with women. One question, in particular, was centered around the behavior of the kids who frequent his livestreams. When asked what could be done to mitigate the oftentimes infantile and inflammatory comments made in the chat, which inevitably tend to devolve into some form of derogatory or racial slurs, Ninja said it "all comes down to parenting." "But it all comes down to parenting," Ninja said. "You want to know who your kid is? Listen to him when he's playing video games when he thinks you're not. Here's another thing: How does a white kid know he has white privilege if his parents never teach him or don’t talk about racism?" Continue Reading at GameSpot
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