Doja Cat Was Canceled, however Then Uncanceled Over Racist "Misunderstanding"

Dec. 31 2020, Published 6:Fifty two p.m. ET

It seems like there may be all the time a new artist or public determine vulnerable to cancellation for feedback that they have got made in the past. This is becoming especially true for more youthful artists who have lengthy possessed online identities, meaning that numerous their communications took place as they have been nonetheless "growing up" so to speak. While there are some other people who're prepared to "forgive and forget" when they've noticed someone move previous unsavory comments, it seems that isn't the case with Doja Cat and why she was canceled.

Why was Doja Cat canceled within the first place? Pick a reason why.

The singer was accused of being homophobic in 2018 when any person scrolled through her feed and pulled out a 2015 tweet through which she used the phrase f----t in response to a tweet about Tyler the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt.

She answered to the outrage surrounding her utilization of the word in a way that offended many people, as she explained that she doesn't use the word as a hate slur, and probably employs it in a similar way to Louis C.K. in his Chewed Up special.

She wrote: "I called a couple of people f----ts when I was in high school in 2015 does this mean I don’t deserve support? I’ve said f----t roughly 15 thousand times in my life. Does saying f----t mean you hate gay people? Do I hate gay people? I don’t think I hate gay people. Gay is OK."

People referred to as the reply a "non-apology" and doubled down at the singer's cancellation.

She then uploaded a extra "legitimate" apology that was written on her phone's Notes app and then screenshotted: "I’ve used horrible derogatory and hateful words towards people out of ignorance. I just want you guys to know that you’re incredibly special and I hold you dearly to my heart. I’m sorry for anyone I’ve offended or hurt deeply. You all are worth love and support."

The singer was additionally accused of getting "racist tendencies," with customers pointing to her monitor "Dindu Nuffin" as being implicitly discriminatory of Black people. The tune was being utilized by online groups to "mitigate" police brutality circumstances. Then there were screenshots of conversations and video chats that Doja allegedly participated in that incorporated folks with alt-right ideologies.

People accused Doja of talking with avowed racists and even giggling at their jokes. Doja admitted to being "obsessed" with the chatroom in a 2019 interview with Paper Magazine. "People would pick on me and use horrible, horrible language, just the worst, and I just didn't understand why people were so crazy on there."

What's extra is that Twitter customers accused Doja of uploading "Dindu Nuffin" as a reaction to the death of Sandra Bland.

But it didn't take lengthy for frequenters of the chatroom to return forth and expose that the character of the chatroom wasn't specifically racist, and, furthermore, Doja herself did not say anything else discriminatory in her conversations at the website online. The "evidence" supplied by means of Doja's "cancelers" didn't record any offensive remark at the singer / rapper's section.

What's more is that the nature of the chat, named Tea Time, that Doja would every now and then drop into is it sounds as if simply another form of Omegle, the place random other folks are hooked up to one another to speak it up. One Twitter consumer aware of the chat also mentioned, "Not once have I ever heard Doja say anything racist, even before she blew up. I've heard her make troll ass comments, which NONE have been racist."

Doja addressed the racist controversy pronouncing, "I've used public chat rooms to socialize since I was a child. I shouldn't have been on some of those chat room sites, but I personally have never been involved in any racist conversations. I'm sorry to everyone that I offended. I'm a black woman. Half of my family is black from South Africa and I'm very proud of where I come from."

So, some folks "canceled" Doja for her alleged racism, but that was then nullified when the nature of the Tea Time chat was exposed. But, then are other folks who can not get over her use of the word f----t, with the intention to them, the "Hot Pink" singer is still on their cancel checklist.

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