I never seen anything of hers except that Marvel movie. I don't follow her at all, lol.

i dont believe dat s*** because China Mac doesnt fake his accent and he sounds 100% like a nigga

Everything about her is a gimmick and forced pretty much

Internationally reknowned black actress "Awkwafina" was considered for a nomination for an NAACP award

Y'all be getting mad about whatever they say to get mad about

i never understood the hate

she's a child of immigrants from queens man

j balvin situation is a bit more complex

most asians in nyc don't talk like that, even if they're down with the culture ngl

There have been plenty of black people who have done asian voices or caricatures of the culture

thats a whole diff thing but i don't really care on either side regardless

WTF

stop. its already been confirmed she uses a blaccent

this s*** is sad

The NAACP boards always have white folks 😂 man imagine getting pressed about this

I thought niggas was trippin at first (cause honestly I aint heard awkafina in years) til I saw a tweet pull up a clip from those days

And yeah, nah. She sounded ridiculous. Like I knew Indians that grew up on the bad side of Queens that said nigga that didn't sound THIS ridiculous lol. (not saying it was right, I'm just saying these are the experiences of people I met when I was in college up here for my undergrad)

The issue's a number of things, 1. She's from Forest Hills that people around that area say the black population is noticeably small (but hey nyc is nyc, she can travel) so people were confused.

2. When you say things like "I refuse to do accents. I’m not OK with someone writing the Asian experience for an Asian character. I make it very clear, I don’t ever go out for auditions where I feel like I’m making a minstrel out of our people.” while knowing how you got here was a character who's whole thing revolved around your voice being an exaggerated caricature of AAVE, it sounds funny.

3. (and this aint just a her problem), there's this sentiment that every non-black person fully indulges themselves within black culture to pop off and get on but as soon as they start "going legit" they shove that s*** to the side. As if to say that same black culture is lesser. Can't help but have a bad taste in my mouth about that. I think that's what people's biggest problems with shawty wop is moreso now that she's in movies and professional s*** now we all just supposed to act like what got you there never happened (you see she's shut that accent and that alias down completely since she's became "legit")

now are there more important things to be offended about than another non-black POC in hollywood using black culture to their own benefit? Absolutely. But @ShintaroKago it is an issue that folks have a right to feel a way about lol.

Me personally? In spite of this essay, I just dont care that much, she got pushed off twitter. Damn. They come for everybody oh well. she'll be aight. NAACP been corny. End of story g'night lol.

naacp isn’t for benefiting black people so let me have it. sham organization

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not too surprised with this after a white woman cosplaying as a black woman infiltrated their leadership but still sad to see. naacp is a joke

two wrongs don't make a right. We was wrong for those too. Primm's Hood Cinema KILLED Booty Call because of the Asian jokes.

I'd like to think in the last 10 years we've all grown and now know a lil better.

Never met a nigga or Latino who grew up living in Chinatown speak with a Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Thai, etc accent...

man stfu. none of them have made a career out of doing it like she has

I agree two wrongs in no way make a right but there are people saying wild things like "this is why they deserve hate crimes" or "this is why I hate and we shouldn't align with asians they hate us" when thats such a simplification. The same way that video of them calling olympic athletes niggas was just circulating. There is a clear objective of getting black and asian people to hate each other that is blatantly apparent especially in a possible lead up to a war with China

kkktt is in full force itt. f*** anyone defending this. even if it is a bullshit award from a bullshit organization

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