[Text/Observer Network Yan Shanshan] "I am black and white... But because of my skin color (light), no one would kill me. Nor will I be easily treated with the same violence [of black people]. ”
As protests sparked by the Death of Black Floyd continue to shake the United States, Halsey, a mixed-race American singer, confessed in a June 3 tweet that she had been discriminated against because of her light skin color.
Image credit: Halsey Instagram
Known by fans as "Monkey West," Helsey is a mixed-race black-and-white father who is African-American and whose mother is of Italian, Hungarian, and Irish descent. Born in New Jersey in 1994, she became famous in 2016 for her "Closer" with The Chainsmokers.
Halsey and father
Recently, after the incident of "white police officers in the United States kneeling against black people to cause their deaths", Helsi, as a public figure, has been on the front line of protest actions, online and offline at the same time. Not only did he send out multiple tweets to speak out for the black community, but he also took to the streets of Los Angeles to participate in the demonstration on May 30 and 31, local time.
On May 31, local time, Helch tweeted that the police fired rubber bullets at the crowd for no reason.
@halsey Twitter
According to the Washington Times, Helsey also donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund to help arrested protesters apply for bail.
However, Helsy's actions have also attracted controversy for her. <b>On the one hand, opponents of the demonstrations accused her of not paying for bail against lawbreakers involved in smashing and looting; on the other hand, among those who supported the demonstrations, some began to attack her poor identification with her black ancestry</b>.
According to ABC News in the United States, some netizens criticized Helsy for "never publicly indicating that he has black ancestry", and some people posted questioning her words: Helsey only wrote "let blacks speak", not "let us talk".
In response, Halsey tweeted on June 3 in response to the latter's question: <b>as a black and white, she has always been treated differently, so she is not qualified to use "we"</b>.
"I'm white mixed-race, I'm not qualified to use 'we', my obligation is to help. I also feel pain for my family, but because of the color of my skin (light), no one will kill me. I've always been proud of my (mixed-race) identity, but it wouldn't be appropriate if I used 'we' because I wouldn't be easily treated with the same violence [of black people]. ”
After Helsy replied, the netizen deleted the tweet of questioning.
In fact, in a 2017 interview with Playboy magazine, Helsey talked about his ethnic background, "I'm white, I accept everything about myself, and I never reject the black culture that doesn't belong to me," she added, "I look like a white girl, but I don't feel like I am, I'm a black girl."
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