The problem is that these kids learned that behavior somewhere. 13 year olds don't just become racist out of nowhere, its generally learned from their parents. If they think its funny to openly say this stuff online, all they are doing is just publicly broadcasting everything that their family says at home behind closed doors.
I'm sure that's very true in many cases but I don't know how I feel agreeing to the full extent because some of these names are horrific beyond what I could reasonably expect of any modern racist. I think for some, sure, it's an extension of the home's attitude. But for others it could just as easily be an extension of being rebellious and subordinate and just wanting to be a maximum troll online without fear of punishment. To some kids, the opportunity to identify what is the most sensitive topics and say or do things to agitate on those grounds is inherently amusing. I mean there's a reason why there's this fear of a child learning swear words, because for many, once they do they'll use them with glee just cause they know they're not supposed to. That doesn't excuse the behavior one bit, nor does it change that EA has ignored a problem that has been going on too long. But given that they have ignored it, I had to contextualize what was going on in order to play online EANHL without feeling overly uncomfortable. Feeling that "it's just edgy kids, nothing I can do about it" was how I could do it.
Incidentally, this from Rocket League:
