Doja Cat is defending herself against recent accusations that she has participated in racist
conversations in online video chat rooms.
What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver Music, and Doja Cat has responded
to the backlash she’s been facing online that resulted in the hashtag #DojaCatIsOverParty.
The hashtag began trending on Twitter when Doja’s 2015 song titled “Dindu Nuffin”
resurfaced online. It’s widely understood that the title of the song is a term that’s
used by the alt-right community to mock African Americans and people of color who claimed
their innocence after being victims of police brutality.
Some have also accused Doja Cat of making fun of the 2015 murder of Sandra Bland, who
suspiciously died while in police custody.
Furthermore, fans began sharing videos of Doja engaging in video chat rooms on Tiny
Chat with mostly white men, who some people claim are alt-right white supremacists.
According to XXL, the chat was intended for men who are part of the alt-right/incel community,
which is a collection of white supremacists who are “involuntarily celibate.”
Fans began sharing multiple clips and screenshots of Doja Cat participating in these chat rooms,
and some claim that one of the videos was made less than a week ago.
That’s when a December 2019 interview with Paper resurfaced. In the interview, Doja Cat
revealed that she had an obsession with a chatroom during her younger years.
She also admitted that she is still involved with it during the time of the interview.
She explained why she was drawn to the chatroom, saying, QUOTE: “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.”
Doja chose to become QUOTE: “the person who would make offensive jokes and do things
sort of out of the box” instead of just leaving the chat.
On Sunday, Doja took to Instagram to address the concerns. She began her statement by writing,
“I want to address what's been happening on Twitter."
Doja Cat continued, writing, “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 I offended."
When addressing her song, Doja wrote, “it was in no way tied to anything outside of
my own personal experience. It was written in response to people who often used that
term to hurt me. I made an attempt to flip its meaning, but recognize that it was a bad
decision to use the term in my music."
She finished her statement by apologizing to her fans and saying that she’s determined
to prove her character moving forward.
But Doja also took to Instagram Live to further address the backlash, and she referenced the
Instagram apology she posted the day before.
“The apology that I posted is absolutely an edited piece from me and the people I work
with, um, like any business, like any conglomerate, there would be many people trying to protect
what’s going on.”
She explained that she wanted to debunk everything, and even had bullet points for everything
she wanted to address.
Doja started off by saying that she’s had 3 days to process everything and that she’s
filmed multiple apology videos, 98 to be exact, and even played parts of the unused apology
videos for her fans.
“I understand - One thing - When I get - Hi guys - What’s up guys.”
After playing multiple snippets of her apology videos, she continued to say this.
“There’s nothing more ingenuine than making a f*****g edited video and asking other people,
by the way I’ve counted - 98 different apologies. There’s no better apology than me doing
what I’ve always done, being on Live, telling you guys my f*****g truth and being completely
honest.”
And Doja began addressing everything, starting with the claims that she hates her hair. Doja
explained that her hair has been very hard to maintain and take care of so she’s complained
about it on social media, but that doesn’t mean that she hates it.
She continued to defend the claims that some have made online about self-hate.
“I love my skin color, I think I’m beautiful. The times that maybe there was a photo that
was lightened to a certain point, that s**t just happens. I’m not behind editing my
photos. This is a whole team of people who are behind editing. You can speak to them,
not me.”
Doja also addressed the 2015 controversial song she put out.
“I made a song, I think it was 2015, but that’s irrelevant, and it has a very offensive
term in it, and it shouldn’t be used. Period. I’m gonna start with I’m very sorry to
anybody who’s taken offense, to anybody who I’ve hurt using this term.”
Doja also further stated that people in chat rooms would use that term against her, so
she used it in her song as her way of taking back the word. She also explained that the
song had nothing to do with police brutality or Sandra Bland.
When addressing the people she chats with in the Tiny Chat rooms, Doja explained that
the chat room is a public forum, but that racist people do come in and out of the chat.
“The idea that this chat room is a white supremacist chat room is, I don’t understand
it in any way. I just don’t understand how, you know what I do understand? Is that there
is racism that happens across Tiny Chat, and racism across Instagram, there’s racism
across Twitter. This s**t happens everywhere. It just happens more on Tiny Chat because
it’s not as monitored.”
And Doja Cat also addressed a rumor that she enjoys “raceplay,” in which she talks
about a video that she claims fans have misinterpreted the meaning of.
She continued on to address all the claims against her and ultimately opened up to her
fans about the situation, saying this.
“My behavior isn’t something that always needs to be followed, I’m not perfect - I
shouldn’t be doing dumb s**t. But also I need to stand up for myself.”
And she finished by saying this.
“I really appreciate you, and I’m sorry if I hurt you or embarrassed you or made you
feel in any way upset.”
But now I want to know what you guys think. What do you think of Doja Cat’s apology?
Let me know down in the comments below.
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