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Content Creator Halts 'Clanker' Skits Amid Racist Backlash

10/9/2025

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Harrison Stewart, content creator known as 'clanker guy,' posted TikTok skit using anti-AI slur 'clanker'.
The skit shows a disapproving father confronting a robot boyfriend in a futuristic setting.
Stewart said he would stop making clanker-themed videos after racist comments directed at him.
The term originated in the 1950s, became a Star Wars slur, and resurfaced as AI protest.

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Harrison Stewart, content creator known as 'clanker guy,' posted TikTok skit using anti-AI slur 'clanker'.
The skit shows a disapproving father confronting a robot boyfriend in a futuristic setting.
Stewart said he would stop making clanker-themed videos after racist comments directed at him.
The term originated in the 1950s, became a Star Wars slur, and resurfaced as AI protest.