Pokimane Botez Sisters’ Comment

After watching the recent controversy surrounding the sisters behind the BotezLive Twitch channel, Imane “Pokimane” Anys was taken aback.

Many people were astonished by the Botez sisters’ response to concerns about modern-day slavery in Dubai, where they are presently preparing for the 2021 FIDE World Championship. 

Twitch streamer Pokiumane reacted to the now-deleted tape of the Botez sisters deflecting regarding statements on modern-day slavery in Dubai while they were in the city during her latest Twitch live. Pokimane provided her initial thoughts on their reaction in a brief remark, seeming perplexed throughout the entire clip. She started off stating; “All I’m going to say is, um, slavery? Bad.”

She began playing a generic audio clip of a crowd of people clapping while her viewers spammed clapping emotes in the chat to add a comedic element. Pokimane then elaborated on the matter after reading the viewers’ reactions for a while. She reacted to a statement she read in which someone said they wouldn’t be able to say anything negative about the city while staying there, saying, “I think it’s okay if they didn’t say anything and they said ‘We’ll talk about it when we’re home,’ but I think the issue was that they said… ‘people love to s**t on developing countries for doing things we did when we were developing.’ But I don’t think it’s bad to hold countries that have as much money as Dubai to a higher standard.”

She then further added; “I don’t think they’re a developing country and even in developing countries, I don’t think they need to use such exploitation tactics to accomplish certain things. I understand it would be, perhaps, more difficult? But I think being in a different day and age allots us certain technological developments and resources and pathways to do things in a more ethical manner.”

She ended her final speech by resuming the clapping audio, which prompted her fans to spam clapping emotes in the chat once more.