Anonymous #1 9w

Saying a slur with the intent of it harming or belittling another person is racist. Saying a slur because you don't know when it means either because you're young, stupid, or ignorant, is not exactly racist BY the definition of racism. Obviously nobody should be saying slurs, but at the end of the day we are all taught differently and some people may not have the same information as you.

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Anonymous #1 9w

Cierra should have known better than to use those slurs online. But the fact is, she didn't. Her upbringing did not teach her that. Which is odd, but not completely uncommon. Someone brought that word into her life and it seems that it wasn't until last year that she learnt it was wrong. I didn't know the n word shouldn't be said until I was 13. In middle school, people commonly used it to replace a word like friend or homie. Were we racist and hated black people? No. Just stupid and ignorant.

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Anonymous OP 9w

okay but cierra does know what it means though. it was used in context. she didn’t JUST use the c word, it was used as a modifier within the sentence. it takes a little more understanding of the word. i.e. you could mistakenly say bitch without understanding, but bitchy is much more unlikely.

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Anonymous OP 9w

okay but she currently lives in california, which has the largest asian population. it is also where they had the transcontinental train built. there is a lot of history of the c word there specifically. she has the resources to become educated on the topic based on where she lives, the fact that she has access to the internet, and that her friends are pr trained influencers.

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Anonymous OP 9w

also difference between when you were 13 and cierra is that you were using the word in replacement of homie or friend, cierra was using it as a feature she disliked about herself. Racism can be prejudice (an unfavorable opinion formed not based on reason) against a community. Calling your eyes similar to ethnic asian eyes and saying you dislike it falls under that.

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Anonymous #1 9w

Yet after all of that, she put it on the internet as an influencer without thinking it was a problem. Without thinking it would get her "canceled". If she had known better like you say, then why did she post it? Because she wanted to get hate?

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Anonymous OP 9w

racism is normalized that’s why. she thought it was okay to do it.

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Anonymous OP 9w

it’s like saying why did someone do something illegal when they know it is. they’re either at their wits end or they don’t care.

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Anonymous OP 9w

She also never said it was something to dislike, she said her eyes get narrow when she smiles, so she likes to get a brow lift. She just happened to use the slur instead because of who the hell knows why.

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Anonymous #1 9w

Racism is normalized when it's behind an anonymous account commenting on an ig reel. A liberal Kamala voter influencer is not going "fuck i really want to be racist today". Think this through lol

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Anonymous OP 9w

she likes the brow lift because it gets rid of the narrow eyes. and you don’t just so happen to use a slur. it’s either in your vocabulary so you don’t think about it when you say it or you say it intentionally.

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Anonymous OP 9w

And I don't mean normalized in a good way^^^ those anonymous commenters are fucking weird. That's where you see people being their true racist selves.

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Anonymous #1 9w

So you genuinely believe with your entire self that she purposely used that word just so she could piss off her entire fanbase, tell everyone she absolutely hates asians, and that narrow eyes are ugly and disgusting. Got it. Yeah that makes a lot of sense.

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Anonymous OP 9w

racism is taught. people that grow up in a racist environment don’t think that they’re racist bffr. you ask trump if he thinks he’s racist 100% he’s gonna say no tf.

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Anonymous OP 9w

people use slurs knowing what it means, but not the gravity of the meaning. sure she doesn’t hate asian people, but what she said was not great and shows that she needs to grow. you’re the one saying all of that not me.

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Anonymous OP 9w

also she didn’t have that much of a following at the time. she went in with around 30k followers, which isn’t large in comparison to full time influencers. she had people that kept up with her lifestyle, but a full fledged fan base at the time is unlikely.

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Anonymous #1 9w

It seems like we would both agree that Cierra isn't a stellar person. Obviously she's not winning any person of the year award. But I'm still not seeing racist per se. That would mean that she purposely was discriminating against those who are Asian in her story. I see more stupidity and ignorance than racism.

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Anonymous #1 9w

And I do agree, it was definitely evident that she probably knew what the word means and not the gravity. I genuinely believe that she must've known the history, but thought of it as "small eyes"? Honestly we will never know and that's fine. Hopefully she grows as a person and other people witnessing learn from this as well

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Anonymous OP 9w

it depends on how you define racism. how i see it is if you have prejudice/bias against a group of people. i think what she did as an act was racist, but is she herself racist i’m not sure. cause to be a person that is racist imo is repeated acts. but yeah i agree and hope she learns and grows.

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