'Slaves' | Microsoft firm at centre of racist analogy row

A former employee at Microsoft’s streaming service Mixer has shared apparent details of the racism he experienced while working at the platform, which was shut down earlier this week.

Milan Lee, an ex-Community Acquisition Manager at Mixer, shared a blog describing his time at the business, where he alleged that he was singled out for being one of the few black employees at the company. He also added that there was inaction from upper level management when a racist analogy was used during a company meeting, reported Kotaku.

In his blog post, Lee claimed that the time he spent at Mixer was considered the worst professional experience of his life due to the racism he encountered.

“I worked at Microsoft for two years starting in 2017. In 2018 I relocated to Seattle to work on the Mixer team. I was beyond happy and anxious to have the ability to finally work in the gaming industry. The flip side to all of this is crazy, this experience was the worst I’ve ever had professionally and it’s all due to RACISM,” Lee wrote.