Twitch streamer faces rampant racism while cosplaying as Hinatsuru from 'Demon Slayer'

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Twitch streamer and member of OfflineTV, Sydeon recently opened up about cosplaying while black. The streamer recently revealed an anime cosplay of Hinatsuru from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

While the replies on both Instagram and Twitter were overwhelmingly positive, a few bad apples led to a conversation about cosplaying while black on the internet. She was very frank and open about how she felt.

In a thread titled “Cosplaying while black,” Sydeon showed a couple of comments that ranged from vague to simply hateful. The Twitch streamer remarked that she wasn’t trying to post this to receive pity from anyone, but it was a conversation that needed to be had.

Many black cosplayers and streamers receive various hateful responses when they choose to cosplay. Sydeon wanted to bring attention to the problem with her platform because cosplay is for everyone, regardless of race, gender, size, or shape.

The thread where Sydeon highlighted the problem was filled with love and support from Twitter. If more threads featuring black cosplay were like this, the stigma could be lessened, and more people could enjoy doing cosplay without fear of being harassed.

The internet showed up to support the Twitch streamer and their love of anime and cosplay. Goldenboy, esports caster and G4 host supported Sydeon’s work, as did Twitch streamer Disguised Toast.

A character’s identity is more than the skin color, and those words, written by Toast, spoke to several people in the thread.

Macaiyla, Tyler1's girlfriend, spoke up about being mixed, and that being why she doesn’t cosplay as a white character in general. It was an unfortunate situation to be stuck in and Sydney responded, hoping that the stigma would go away.

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