Halsey reflects on how being 'white passing' means she's 'not susceptible to violence'
"Im white passing. it’s not my place to say “we”. it’s my place to help,'' Halsey
tweeted. "i am in pain for my family, but nobody is gonna kill me based on my skin color. I’ve always been proud of who I am but it’d be an absolute disservice to say “we” when I’m not susceptible to the same violence."
She has opened up in the past about
growing up biracial in New Jersey, including a
2017 interview with Playboy in which she talked about looking white but identifying with the black community.
Halsey participated in a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles last week.
"I’m white-passing," she said. "I’ve accepted that about myself and have never tried to control anything about black culture that’s not mine. I’m proud to be in a biracial family, I’m proud of who I am, and I’m proud of my hair.
"I look like a white girl, but I don’t feel like one. I’m a black woman. So it’s been weird navigating that. When I was growing up I didn’t know if I was supposed to love TLC or Britney."