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> If you think at all that a Black american celebrity would be cancelled for saying to stay away from White people, then you havent paid attention. It would be
by paulryanrogers 4y ago
> If you think at all that a Black american celebrity would be cancelled for saying to stay away from White people, then you havent paid attention. It would be celebrated.
Are there prominent examples? Kanye West is one star who has dimmed significantly after making some racist remarks.
- leeroyjenkins11 4y agoNick Cannon had some awful remarks: When you have a person that has the lack of pigment, the lack of melanin, they know that they will be annihilated,” Cannon explained on his “Cannon’s Class” podcast. “So the people that don’t have [melanin] are—I’mma say this carefully—are a little less...They’re acting out of fear. They’re acting out of low self-esteem. They’re acting out of a deficiency. So, therefore, the only way they can act is evil.” He got fired, but is now rehired. The firing was basically because his comments about Jewish people. Most outlets ignored what he said about people with white skin.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoThose are still consequences. If people of color are given more slack for racist comments it could be because they're perceived as punching up, whereas white people would be considered punching down. Whites are the majority and certainly control more money and political power in the US.
- yucky 4y agoKanye West's remarks were anti-Semitic though, not anti-white. You're allowed to make anti-white remarks.