Iggy Azalea's 'Those People' Tweet Has Twitter on the Attack
Iggy Azalea lashed out at viewers who criticized her 'I Am the Stripclub' music video this [...]
'Those People'
Wym by “those people” pic.twitter.com/BnbQAiibwS
— ziggy (@Mxziggy) July 3, 2021
With varying levels of humor, users noted immediately that phrases like "those people" can be offensive and can trigger connotations of racism in a context like this. Some responded with memes indicating how they perceived the comment.
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so black people
— Arthritis (@biggyge) July 3, 2021
This clarification isn’t doing what you think it is
— Dominic Bambi (@garliquorice) July 3, 2021
Many, if not most of Azalea's critics had pseudonyms on Twitter, so it was difficult to ascertain the race and background of the commenters. However, some argued that Banks should assume her critics were Black, and that they had more authority than her in deciding what is racist or offensive in a case like this.
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If you bothered read the tweet above I’m replying to, its pretty clear as day “those people” are the aforementioned ones as defined in the original posters tweet. Stop tryna twist shit, it’s lame as hell.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) July 3, 2021
As Azalea continued responding without apologizing for the generalization, many users perceived her as increasingly defensive.
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let’s talk about how you don’t know how to make a song without putting on a blaccent and using aave https://t.co/CDu1gmv4Ev
— jada (@savannhsmiths) July 3, 2021
Even without the wig, the makeup and the background dancers in this particular video, users argued that Azalea's whole brand was built on cultural appropriation, starting with the adoption of a Black American accent and the use of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE).
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Yall should really stop with this nonsense,Nicki literally said stop discussing bs and creating unnecessary drama.She didnt do anything wrong stop twisting peoples words,to create fake stories for a couple of likes😫this energy is nowhere to be found when we have streaming events https://t.co/NTCthU7WOd
— Ⓢⓞⓛⓐⓡ (@lKoumo) July 3, 2021
Azalea's defenders continued to claim that this whole controversy was blown out of proportion, and voiced their belief that not as many people were really as upset by her video as the comments made it seem.
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Ppl reaching babe
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) July 2, 2021
She did!!!! pic.twitter.com/svVv4LAA4z
— Prince (@abshir_musa) July 3, 2021
Azalea responded to one user with a friendly nickname "babe," and they were not pleased. They got some serious traction in followup posts implying that Azalea is racist.
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Girl....giving u hate for trying to look like a woman of color???? Ur mad fucking weird https://t.co/yWdZnfi84m
— numb⁷ ⟬⟭ (@_steph66) July 4, 2021
Finally, on Sunday morning Azalea broached the topic once again to sarcastically thank her critics "for dedicating your day to me and helping me promote." Critics did not appreciate having their concerns reduced to "hate."
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