i agree with everything you said about him. You are right, about the term PoC - it’s best to just refer the the group of people , because depending on which group one is, experiences can be widely different. The term PoC just lumps everyone together.
you might not find it offensive, but it is. In fact, it is strange for a black person to use the term “blacks” - it is a historically derogatory term. That’s why I didn’t think you were black.
Yeah, he got a lot of his opinions from black women. If he cared so much about them, he would have given them credit. But he acted like his videos were all his opinions. Such a fraud.
tbh I find the second the last photo on his Insta quite haunting. He has so many BW literally behind him, all of their opinions, and presence and money he has used and is basking in as they all stand behind him supporting him.
Yes. And when his friend Nas was on Love Island, he made a huge point out of his family being from the Caribbean, probably hoping black people would overlook his non African appearance and support someone who's from where many other black people are from. Failing to realise tha many people of South Asian descent also live in the Caribbean.
How did people realise he was stealing tweets from black women? I always assumed he came up with it by himself because he came across well spoken in his videos.
A lot of the commentary from black women online, or black youtubers were mysteriously all his opinions. He would even use the same terms and phrases. I don't think he actually cared that his content stealing was obvious, because he has a bigger following so a few people complaining about it didn't change anything. Also, some tea stories or 'breaking news' topics were copied. He didn't really do his own research etc. Obviously everyone copies eachother, but he really didn't have original ideas. No wonder why despite him not being black, he knew so much about the culture.
You might of heard about SoniaxFyza that joint account? two Pakistani girls from Birmingham who then moved to Dubai, pretended to be Arab even to this day even though everyone knows the truth they are still going with this narrative. Anyway one of them ended up doxxing a random innocent girl and said the most vile racist things and got cancelled for it, lost all of their big sponsorships ect. Mind you she has said racist things about South Asians, Arabs, Black people ect. Anyway 4 months later she returns to socials and posting like normal after a half assed apology, I don't think brands are sponsoring her though since she lost that.
I don’t understand south Asians that try to cosplay as Arabs and it tends to be Pakistanis that do this. I remember in college and university if you mistook a Pakistani for an Arab they would be really pleased by it even though Arabs have a dislike towards south Asians and look heavily down upon them. Why try and look like those who don’t even respect you or appreciate you? I cringe at Murad, especially because in his book, he mentions his ethnicity and says he’s Egyptian, Emirati and Yemeni. Also, that Soniazfyza girls the one that looks like Kylie Jenner actually got surgery to look like Kylie. I remember years ago she would only ever post pictures of her sister Sonia and people would always ask to see what she looks like and she did show a picture of herself but she was very basic looking and then a year or two later she pops up in the gram looking like Kylie Jenner
It's not even literal stolen content, but also general talking points. Even his whole defence of the undesirable black girl, that's not something even many black men have picked up on, let alone someone of a different race and gender.
I don't doubt that he'll attempt a comeback but I think the unique thing about him compared to most people who get cancelled is the fact he made himself an advocate, and almost an activist. You just can't create content about how the media treats black and people of colour knowing you're contributing to their setbacks in private.
Yeah, as someone mentioned before, if James Charles can make numerous comebacks, then anything is possible.. I suppose. But things will never be the same again. Murad has burnt too many bridges. Even James Charles isn't as successful as he once was. So Murad will certainly not have the same popularity.
He would have to change his content because there's no way he can continue making videos about race, other people and Love Island after this. Which means will have to totally reinvent himself. And I don't think he's able to do so with great success. It's hard in general for any Youtuber when they change their content, as they usually loose followers. Nevermind Murad who's now got all this drama attached to his name. I guess he can continue making the same videos, but he'll always be seen as fake.
I'm astonished at how badly he's taking this exposure, since he didn't try to hide it well. If he cared about hiding it, he should have been more discreet.
Amber is the first to talk tit about people especially when its justified! so this is incredibly sad how she is just taking a back seat just because they were once friends... I'm guessing she feels ashamed and let down by Murad and is dealing with this in her own way, but acting cryptic online isn't it especially when she has a voice to speak up about these kind of topics
Very good points.
