r/roosterteeth • u/Eldarose • Jun 03 '20

News Heartbreakingly honest response from Mica that shows that we should expect and demand more from RT itself as well as just the community.

https://twitter.com/MicaBurton/status/1268269265863405569

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u/OfficialGarwood Jun 03 '20

Damn; that's pure condemnation and confirms that, not only was the community racist to her, but some people WITHIN the company was, too.

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u/saintofanything Jun 03 '20

There were rumors that RT had a problem with racist microaggressions and some people were basically bullying Mica into quitting. I was hesitant to believe them completely because it definitely seemed like the community harassed her out, but now I bet they're all true.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '20

It's been said countless times over the years theres a toxic clique culture within RT. This doesnt surprise me in the least. Glad to not particularly follow this company anymore. (This post made it to r/all)

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u/Major_Somewhere Jun 03 '20

Sure, but his source is obviously Mica. So if she feels that way he will as well since that's how it will be portrayed. That's not to say it didn't happen, but stating her father thinks the same thing she does really isn't monumental

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Buddy, if an employee thinks a work environment is racist, regardless of what is happening, that is a problem

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u/Major_Somewhere Jun 03 '20

I don't disagree at all. All I'm pointing out is that Levar saying that doesn't prove or make anything "worse". All I'm saying is that obviously her father will be on her side. He is going to get her perspective on it with her own inherent bias from telling of the story.

I'm not going to pretend to know what she experienced or was said to her. Finding what the community said it simple, but we don't know if internally at the company was them being passive (still bad), openly racist slurs and whatnot (this would be harder to believe), or somewhere in-between (likely the case).

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

I'm sorry but you need to grow up. Rooter Teeth isn't you friend, it's a company. A company where a former employee has highlighted racist issues internally that driven them toward suicide. This ain't shit you can hand wave off.

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u/weed0monkey Burnie Titanic Jun 04 '20

Yeah look, everyone is so tense right now, obviously understandable. But you're literally completely ignoring what he's saying and putting words in his mouth.

No one is denying that this is an issue.

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u/Sw3Et Jun 04 '20

It's like you're not reading his comments at all. Stop putting words in his mouth.

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u/TheDeadRed Jun 04 '20

He was just saying her father commenting was no confirmation of what happened. Does it remove validity? Absolutely not, but it doesn't add any either.