Twitch removes emotes for Hispanic Heritage Month and apologizes after backlash
Twitch removes emotes for Hispanic Heritage Month and apologizes after backlash

Twitch released several special emote modifications for its Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, only to pull them back after receiving backlash from viewers and streamers.The announcement showed modifications to add a sombrero, maracas and guitarrón mexicano onto existing Twitch emotes.As Eurogamer reported, it didn’t go over well.The bulk of the criticism was focused not just on the stereotypical imagery, but how narrowly it seemed to define Hispanic and Latinx culture.There are over 59 million Hispanic and Latinx Americans who can trace their respective ancestries from dozens of different Spanish-speaking countries.Using these three specific emote mods seemed to imply that the vast breadth of the Hispanic and Latinx American community could be summarized as “Mexican”.Twitch removed the emote modifications shortly after the criticism and apologized