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<p>Her history of overt racism has had consequences for pop singer Camila Cabello. The pop singer has apologized for using &quot;horrible and hurtful language,&quot; referring to posts and memes the now-22-year-old shared when she was a teenager that were made public on Twitter this week.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart. <a href="https://t.co/iZrnUawUAb">pic.twitter.com/iZrnUawUAb</a></p>&mdash; camila (@Camila_Cabello) <a href="https://twitter.com/Camila_Cabello/status/1207389734948880384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>In her apology, posted on Instagram and Twitter, she wrote:</p><blockquote> <p>When I was younger, I used language that I&rsquo;m deeply ashamed of and will regret forever. I was uneducated and ignorant and once I became aware of the history and the weight and the true meaning behind this horrible and hurtful language, I was deeply embarrassed i ever used it. I apologized then and I apologize again now. I would never intentionally hurt anyone and I regret it from the bottom of my heart. As much as I wish I could, I can&rsquo;t go back in time and change things I said in the past. But once you know better, you do better and that&rsquo;s all I can do,&rdquo; she continued.</p> </blockquote><p>Her apology continues:</p><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m 22 now, I&rsquo;m an adult and I&rsquo;ve grown and learned and am conscious and aware of the history and the pain it carries in a way I wasn&rsquo;t before. Those mistakes don&rsquo;t represent the person I am or a person I&rsquo;ve ever been. I only stand and have ever stood for love and inclusivity, and my heart has never, even then, had any ounce of hate or divisiveness. The truth is I was embarrassingly ignorant and unaware. I use my platform to speak about injustice and inequality and I&rsquo;ll continue doing that. I can&rsquo;t say enough how deeply sorry and ashamed I feel, and I apologize again from the bottom of my heart.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Screenshots of Cabello&#39;s old Tumblr and Facebook posts have been circulating online for a few years now, mainly in private Facebook groups. This past Tuesday, a woman shared them in a now-viral Twitter thread. She also linked to Cabello&#39;s Tumblr account, which has since been scrubbed.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207075263382732801</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207076463909978115</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>In the now-defunct Tumblr account, Cabello used the n-word and reblogged a slew of racist gifs and memes.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207076981814235136</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207077342159527936</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207081662003195904/photo/1</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207080984744808453</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The singer has also been accused of using racist language about her former Fifth Harmony band mates, including singer Normani, in private messages which were hacked from her phone. She addressed this last year, saying &quot;I&#39;m just human.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe oembed-full-width"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TnkO5junSK8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Cabello&#39;s fans have been defending the singer, claiming she made these offensive comments &quot;in the past&quot; when she was &quot;a kid.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How long will we be judged for something we have done in the past? She has apologized countless times, acknowledged her mistake. she was just a child now she is a woman and always fights for all causes</p>&mdash; benjamin.¹⁹ˣˣ (@lmjttmd) <a href="https://twitter.com/lmjttmd/status/1207396615708958721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/howitouchu/status/1207307471678853120</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But many others are arguing that at 15/16 years old she should have known better.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">15 is a teenager, not a kid</p>&mdash; fan account ★ VOTE BLUE (@motivatefenty) <a href="https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207307598443270146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was young once too, but I was never racist like this. And it’s just soooo many posts</p>&mdash; Somebody’s daughter (@ittybittybekky) <a href="https://twitter.com/ittybittybekky/status/1207470335483957249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imagine telling black people how to feel.</p>&mdash; Marie shabani 🇨🇩 (@shabani_marie) <a href="https://twitter.com/shabani_marie/status/1207461628352040965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">People always want to use that excuse that someone was young and a child except when it&#39;s a young black man who makes a mistake or young black woman who makes a mistake</p>&mdash; S.A.Cosby (@blacklionking73) <a href="https://twitter.com/blacklionking73/status/1207464171685765120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">people defending her by saying she was young pls <br>at 15 i knew i can&#39;t say things like that pls and even when i was younger</p>&mdash; sou 5 #1 debuts stan (@ntltcbuteraaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ntltcbuteraaa/status/1207335843716878337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Girl...what are they teaching the girls in US? Are you telling me at 16 this lady didn’t know what racism was???? I’m so confused</p>&mdash; Masa Gemini (@MasaDiamond_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MasaDiamond_/status/1207395019281317889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She moved to the US when she was 5. She used the N word well into her teens, at 15/16 to be exact. 10 years later and she could speak English perfectly well as she drafted a thousand tumblr posts in English(all grammatically correct). Try again maybe you’ll convince Hope, <a href="https://t.co/YCXT9FWBzl">pic.twitter.com/YCXT9FWBzl</a></p>&mdash; Masa Gemini (@MasaDiamond_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MasaDiamond_/status/1207407179906588672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And others have criticized her apology for being vague and failing to address the full impact of her actions.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. Tell us what you&#39;re sorry about exactly<br>2. Keep your feelings out of it. We don&#39;t care you&#39;re embarrassed/could change things/etc. <br>3. What did you believe? How did you change those beliefs?<br>4. Adults can still be racist. We need more info than you just getting older</p>&mdash; Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) <a href="https://twitter.com/wagatwe/status/1207468762351439874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5. &quot;I only stand and have only stood for long and inclusivity&quot; is gaslighting because your racist past behaviors show that isn&#39;t true.<br>6. Offer something concrete for repair and build trust that you&#39;re not still antiBlack as hell.</p>&mdash; Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) <a href="https://twitter.com/wagatwe/status/1207469136873435136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Consequences, indeed.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Camila Cabello apologizes for 'horrible and hurtful language' after racist posts circulate online.

Her history of overt racism has had consequences for pop singer Camila Cabello. The pop singer has apologized for using &quot;horrible and hurtful language,&quot; referring to posts and memes the now-22-year-old shared when she was a teenager that were made public on Twitter this week.I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart. pic.twitter.com/iZrnUawUAb&mdash; camila (@Camila_Cabello) December 18, 2019 In her apology, posted on Instagram and Twitter, she wrote: When I was younger, I used language that I&rsquo;m deeply ashamed of and will regret forever. I was uneducated and ignorant and once I became aware of the history and the weight and the true meaning behind this horrible and hurtful language, I was deeply embarrassed i ever used it. I apologized then and I apologize again now. I would never intentionally hurt anyone and I regret it from the bottom of my heart. As much as I wish I could, I can&rsquo;t go back in time and change things I said in the past. But once you know better, you do better and that&rsquo;s all I can do,&rdquo; she continued. Her apology continues: I&rsquo;m 22 now, I&rsquo;m an adult and I&rsquo;ve grown and learned and am conscious and aware of the history and the pain it carries in a way I wasn&rsquo;t before. Those mistakes don&rsquo;t represent the person I am or a person I&rsquo;ve ever been. I only stand and have ever stood for love and inclusivity, and my heart has never, even then, had any ounce of hate or divisiveness. The truth is I was embarrassingly ignorant and unaware. I use my platform to speak about injustice and inequality and I&rsquo;ll continue doing that. I can&rsquo;t say enough how deeply sorry and ashamed I feel, and I apologize again from the bottom of my heart. Screenshots of Cabello&#39;s old Tumblr and Facebook posts have been circulating online for a few years now, mainly in private Facebook groups. This past Tuesday, a woman shared them in a now-viral Twitter thread. She also linked to Cabello&#39;s Tumblr account, which has since been scrubbed.https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207075263382732801https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207076463909978115In the now-defunct Tumblr account, Cabello used the n-word and reblogged a slew of racist gifs and memes.https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207076981814235136https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207077342159527936https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207081662003195904/photo/1https://twitter.com/motivatefenty/status/1207080984744808453The singer has also been accused of using racist language about her former Fifth Harmony band mates, including singer Normani, in private messages which were hacked from her phone. She addressed this last year, saying &quot;I&#39;m just human.&quot;Cabello&#39;s fans have been defending the singer, claiming she made these offensive comments &quot;in the past&quot; when she was &quot;a kid.&quot;How long will we be judged for something we have done in the past? She has apologized countless times, acknowledged her mistake. she was just a child now she is a woman and always fights for all causes&mdash; benjamin.¹⁹ˣˣ (@lmjttmd) December 18, 2019 https://twitter.com/howitouchu/status/1207307471678853120But many others are arguing that at 15/16 years old she should have known better.15 is a teenager, not a kid&mdash; fan account ★ VOTE BLUE (@motivatefenty) December 18, 2019 I was young once too, but I was never racist like this. And it’s just soooo many posts&mdash; Somebody’s daughter (@ittybittybekky) December 19, 2019 Imagine telling black people how to feel.&mdash; Marie shabani 🇨🇩 (@shabani_marie) December 19, 2019 People always want to use that excuse that someone was young and a child except when it&#39;s a young black man who makes a mistake or young black woman who makes a mistake&mdash; S.A.Cosby (@blacklionking73) December 19, 2019 people defending her by saying she was young pls at 15 i knew i can&#39;t say things like that pls and even when i was younger&mdash; sou 5 #1 debuts stan (@ntltcbuteraaa) December 18, 2019 Girl...what are they teaching the girls in US? Are you telling me at 16 this lady didn’t know what racism was???? I’m so confused&mdash; Masa Gemini (@MasaDiamond_) December 18, 2019 She moved to the US when she was 5. She used the N word well into her teens, at 15/16 to be exact. 10 years later and she could speak English perfectly well as she drafted a thousand tumblr posts in English(all grammatically correct). Try again maybe you’ll convince Hope, pic.twitter.com/YCXT9FWBzl&mdash; Masa Gemini (@MasaDiamond_) December 18, 2019 And others have criticized her apology for being vague and failing to address the full impact of her actions.1. Tell us what you&#39;re sorry about exactly2. Keep your feelings out of it. We don&#39;t care you&#39;re embarrassed/could change things/etc. 3. What did you believe? How did you change those beliefs?4. Adults can still be racist. We need more info than you just getting older&mdash; Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) December 19, 2019 5. &quot;I only stand and have only stood for long and inclusivity&quot; is gaslighting because your racist past behaviors show that isn&#39;t true.6. Offer something concrete for repair and build trust that you&#39;re not still antiBlack as hell.&mdash; Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) December 19, 2019 Consequences, indeed.

Her history of overt racism has had consequences for pop singer Camila Cabello. The pop singer has apologized for using &quot;horrible and hurtful language,&quot; referring to posts and memes the now-22-year-old shared when she was a...