Oh please. This tired ass excuse of “They don’t know about American blah blah whatever racism blah colorism blah blah representation” so you can’t blame them for their words.

NOTHING MATTERS TODAY ONLY PRINCE AND I CAN’T STOP YELLING ABOUT IT!

Also, I don’t buy that “she doesn’t know any better” argument. This chick has been chasing Black American hip hop culture for over a decade. If I’m not mistaken she live in LA.

It’s adorable how you, a foreigner, have no idea of the realities of Blackness in America. Black people here are not at all making any decisions to come to your country and do anything. The idea that Black people are “all equally American occupiers” is laughable to anyone who acknowledges our history and current…

I get it, but that’s why, as an adult, you say: “I’m not an authority on this so I’m not going to answer the question.”

Hey black people, you’re not doing enough for other. Maybe stop bitching about being killed and trying to end systemic racism and stop wanting to included in life, like you’re regular people. It’s not always about you. You ain’t special. Instead of being so self involved, go out there and help other people and their…

I feel like MIA’s statement is just a subset of #alllivesmatter. At this point there are plenty of sources/statements out there about the movement that she could use to educate herself on why it’s called BLM and what they’re fighting for.

I think, in this situation, we expect it because she spoke about it. I can’t account for other situations because she’s really not my cup of tea so I don’t follow her career all that much, but in this case SHE’S specifically speaking about America. Even if the interviewer outright asked her opinion, she could have…

Yes, she has, so I know she can do that without shitting on Black people. And I wish she would.

Is she organizing something? Even starting a hashtag campaign? ‘Cuz all I see her doing is the usual complaining and throwing Black people under the bus for speaking up for ourselves and lamenting that her group isn’t as visible, as if we have something to do with that. Again, no one is stopping her or any prominent…

Non-black POC need to stop expecting black Americans to stand up for their plights and causes when they never show their fucking faces when something is going on for us. Nor do they combat anti-black American biases within their own communities.

Not to mention, many of those issue overlap, such as with Black Muslims.

I would like for people, esp. other people of color, to stop acting as if black people are in this privileged position where everybody takes our concerns more seriously than they take the concerns of other marginalized groups.

So, more of the usual from non-Black POC : Somehow blaming us for being a hypervisible minority and acting like we are the ones that have any kind of control over their visibility and issues. (While of course remaining silent on the subject of the rampant anti-Black racism within their own group. Of course.)

There’s no way in hell I’m actually going to watch this video, so I’ll just experience it vicariously through the comments.