As protests against police brutality and racial inequality continue around the world, more and more companies are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. At the start of this year’s PC Gaming Show, host Sean Plott opened the event with a statement wholeheartedly backing BLM.
PC Gaming Show 2020 took place June 13th, showing off a multitude of new games and trailers. However, before the reveals took place, Sean gave a heartfelt statement on the events taking place in the US. He opens the statement by saying that “While we’re glad to be showing you some games today, there are many, many more people fighting for something far, far more important: The struggle against police violence, and the systemic oppression of black Americans”. Continuing, he states that “I, and everyone who works on the PC Gaming Show each year, we know that black lives matter, and this is not a fight we’re willing to stand on the sidelines for.”
After this opening statement, Sean goes on to list a few ways that viewers of the event can help Black Lives Matter. He first highlights the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a civil rights law organization focused on fighting for racial justice in the US. The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is also mentioned, which was a hugely successful bundle hosted on Itch.io. Raising over 8 million dollars, proceeds will be split 50/50 between the Community Bail Fund and the aforementioned NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Finally, Sean points viewers towards PC Gamer’s Black Lives Matter page, where more donation links and resources have been collated. The page also lists what PC Gamer’s parent company, Future, will be doing from now on to promote diversity. This includes $1 million of advertising space to organisations supporting Black Lives Matter, and investing more in training on inclusion and diversity.
The statement given by Sean is only a part of what PC Gamer have been doing to bring awareness to the movement. The event was originally intended to start a week prior, but it was delayed by a week to “make space for those speaking out and demonstrating about how to end the systemic oppression and police brutality experienced by black people”.
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