{"id":1275979,"date":"2022-02-06T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1275979"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:07:46","slug":"awkwafina-quits-twitter-over-constant-woke-vitriol-about-blaccent-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/awkwafina-quits-twitter-over-constant-woke-vitriol-about-blaccent-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkwafina Quits Twitter over Constant Woke Vitriol About &#039;Blaccent&#039; Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fawkwafina-quits-twitter-over-constant-woke-vitriol-about-blaccent-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1275979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1199490715-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Feb. 5 (UPI) \u2014 The actress and comedian Awkwafina took to Twitter for the first time in two years on Saturday to address criticism of her use of African-American Vernacular English, or a \u201cblaccent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy letter posted to the social media platform, the Asian-American performer said that \u201clinguistic acculturation, immigrant acculturation, and the inevitable passage of globalized internet slang all play a factor in the fine line between offense and pop culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pxSLXZD2J0\">pic.twitter.com\/pxSLXZD2J0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nora (@awkwafina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awkwafina\/status\/1489963501682675712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe African American community \u2026 is a group that is disproportionately affected by institutionalized policies and law enforcement policies \u2014 all the while having historically and routinely seen their culture stolen, exploited and appropriated by the *dominant* culture for monetary gain without acknowledgment nor respect for where those roots come from,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Awkafina, whose given name is Nora Lum, comes from an immigrant background and has starred in films including <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em> and the <em>Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>She said that she carved her identity out of television and movies, childhood acquaintances and an \u201cundying love and respect for hip hop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as a group, Asian Americans are still trying to figure out what that journey means for them,\u201d Awkwafina wrote. \u201cTo mock, belittle, or to be unkind in any way possible at the expense of others is: Simply. Not. My. Nature. It never has, and it never was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up tweet, she said she would be leaving \u201cthe ingrown toenail that is Twitter\u201d until 2024 but will remain on other social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement drew widespread criticism on Twitter, where journalists, activists and organizations said that her statement did not include an apology for appropriating Black culture. Her post received far more critical comments and retweets than it did likes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All these words and not one apology. <\/p>\n<p>Awkwafina could have just said: &#8220;You were right. I did use a blaccent to make a name for myself and that was wrong. I wholeheartedly apologize, and I&#8217;ll do better from now on.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3CDsw962B7\">https:\/\/t.co\/3CDsw962B7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritniDWrites\/status\/1490077931959304195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics also pointed out that Awkwafina had chosen to put out the statement during February, which is Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Awkwafina has previously been asked about her use of AAVE and Black speaking patterns in previous interviews. While doing press for<em> Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings<\/em>, she said she was \u201copen to the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is something that I think is a little bit multifaceted and layered,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi Nora, <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to take this opportunity to call you in.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sure you had the best of intentions behind these four screenshots of your notes app.<\/p>\n<p>But this is an explanation of your poor behaviour, not an apology or attempt at amends.<\/p>\n<p>The word sorry isn\u2019t present once. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXkqWJL88H\">https:\/\/t.co\/SXkqWJL88H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Off Colour (@OffColourOrg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OffColourOrg\/status\/1490049852088139777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 5 (UPI) \u2014 The actress and comedian Awkwafina took to Twitter for the first time in two years on Saturday to address criticism of her use of African-American Vernacular &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1275979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1275979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1275979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1275979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1275979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}