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Amber Rose hits again at criticism that she has 'denounced' being Black after heated change on 'School Hill: Movie star Version'

  • Amber Rose hit again at social media criticism that accused her of denouncing her Black heritage.
  • Rose has described herself as combined race on quite a few events.
  • “I by no means denounced my blackness,” she mentioned. “I do not perceive the place persons are getting that from?”

Amber Rose has hit again at social media criticism that accused her of denouncing her Black heritage.

Rose was concerned in a heated change with Joseline Hernandez whereas discussing racial identification on the newest episode of “School Hill: Movie star Version,” which aired on BET+ final week.

The 2 started arguing after Hernandez mentioned to Rose that she considers her “a Black individual” and that she’s “not white.”

“My father is white, although,” responded Rose, including that it is as much as her how she identifies herself.

After Hernandez mentioned to Rose that she “actually wanna be white woman,” Rose stood up, approached Hernandez, and appeared to strike her. A message appeared on display from BET saying that they might “not present this combat” and “don’t condone violence of any type.”

In an Instagram story shared on Saturday, Rose, whose father is white and mom is Black, responded to criticism that she was denying her Black heritage.

“Bruh the Web is remedial as fuck,” she started, including: “y’aIl know precisely what I used to be saying as a combined individual about not becoming in anyplace on BOTH SIDES now y’aIl wanna act like I hate being in black areas GTFOH!”

“The web is making an attempt to bully me as a result of I am BLACK AND WHITE ???? WTF IS WRONG WITH YALL????” she added.

Rose additionally appeared to reference an old interview clip circulating online in which she can be heard saying: “I don’t contemplate myself a Black lady.”

“I by no means denounced my blackness,” she continued. “I do not perceive the place persons are getting that from??? A 5 second clip??? WATCH THE WHOLE INTERVIEW!!!”

This is not the primary time Rose has spoken publicly about how she identifies herself.

Throughout an interview with Refinery29 in 2016, Rose mentioned: “Being multiracial, lots of people count on you to choose and select a aspect.”

Referring once more to the interview clip, which has resurfaced within the wake of her combat with Hernandez, she added: “I did an interview, they usually had been like, ‘Do you contemplate your self a Black lady?’ And I used to be like, ‘No,’ and the web reduce it off proper at that time!”

“I embrace all of my tradition. You do not have to choose and select a aspect. That is what retains racism alive,” she mentioned.

In a since-deleted Instagram put up the identical yr, Rose described herself as: “Black, Portuguese, Irish, and Italian.”