I think everyone on this thread has highlighted how shocking and disgusting the racial abuse towards her has been. No one should have to deal with harassment and threats of violence. We can acknowledge this whilst also recognising how offensive her tweets were - it’s definitely not an either/or situation! I think we’ve been a lot more level headed than her
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A quicker Instagram statement was in order too. It seemed a bit odd.. to continue reposting selfies and book tags while not addressing the elephant in the room, for a few days.
I do wonder what will happen to the Little Mix gig - especially because she was marketed as a champion of diversity. I hope she uses the constructive criticism to grow, maybe a social media break and some professional help would be good?