Tyla pleads the 5th about coloured Vs Black on the breakfast club. Her PR person jumps in.

[levitate]

so she one of those, i'm not black i'm something else type people

Honestly, I think that’s OK.

“If you have any percentage of African DNA in you …you are Black” is a US-centric and frankly racist viewpoint on race/ethnicity.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

She wasn’t prepared and more than likely doesn’t have the smarts to know the deep backstory behind it and definitely can’t spit out a competent answer off the top of the dome.

She and her team are learning just like Beyoncé and her team did when it comes to not saying much or dabbling in “controversial” topics.

But she’s not a level where her people can make a host not ask something BEFORE they even do the interview. Bet she won’t be back tho.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Smartest move that could have been made. No answer she could have given would have made sense through our Black American lens so it's better to not speak on it period.

We all know what colored means in South Africa and if you don't, then Google it.

Twyla didn't invent that. That's a system she was born into so why try to blame her for having the lens of the country she was born and raised in?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

It’s simple it’s a different way

Fish and chips are just fish and fries


It’s just how they do it over there


Why is that so hard to understand


When I enlisted in the army the guys from the mid west called soda the word pop

Guys in the south called it a cold drink or a coke even if it was a sprite


Freeze luv said he wore and dikkie suit in Brooklyn he thought he was fresh all Brooklyn cats said he dressed like a janitor or a super


Hope that makes sense on a lower level

You literally just repeated my point but with a bunch of needless analogies

 

[In The Zone '98]

Have more confidence in your beliefs

 

[Voice of Reason]

Who cares why do people keep asking her this?

If she wants to be defined as colored that's her right.

 

[Doobie Doo]

I mean they prepared that was her response

See how soon as he asked it she turned around before her agent or manager spoke

They not wit it, now we’ll see how the people respond

That's not a proper response to answer their question and only adds more questions to ask. Her team should have prepared a statement she could either read or memorize.

 

[GreatestLaker]

so she one of those, i'm not black i'm something else type people?

People try to come up with their own definitions, but always seems to be defined in such a way to distinguish themselves from other black people.
Unnecessary, you can use your nationality to separate yourself from other black people if you feel that way.
As far as americans are concerned you fall into one of these 5 groups.

• American Indian or Alaska Native.
• Asian.
• Black
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
• White.

First of all you're a fukking idiot.

In South africa there are people who are 100% black and they identify as black. Mixed people over there are categorized as Coloured by everyone. Including black Africans. Colored is a RACICIAL CATEGORY in South Africa.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Who cares why do people keep asking her this?

If she wants to be defined as colored that's her right.

That would have been a better response for her to say than that pappa doc shyt she pulled.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Why are people so pressed about this? Not every country defines “black” the same, not sure why the internet is up in arms over her calling herself “colored” if that’s a racial designation in her country. Get off her dikk…one min they want everyone to be black the next they excommunicating mixed blacks, they can’t make up their mind either way so who cares what she is?

I agree with you but "they" are different people in different contexts.


FBA's are not kicking out "mixed blacks" tethers are doing that.

 

[GreenGhxst]

Case in point right here didn’t say a word and it’s still a problem

That's the vibe I'm getting around this

If it wasn't a big deal her neck wouldn't have whipped 180 degrees

She should've just said I'm black but classified as colored in South Africa

 

[Elim Garak]

I don't understand why this has been controversial. This woman is not from the United States or North America. She doesn't look at race the same way.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Smartest move that could have been made. No answer she could have given would have made sense through our Black American lens so it's better to not speak on it period.

We all know what colored means in South Africa and if you don't, then Google it.

Twyla didn't invent that. That's a system she was born into so why try to blame her for having the lens of the country she was born and raised in?

Because Americans expect everyone around the world to conform and be well versed in everything we do.

 

[F*ckthemkids]

The only thing Tyla Identifies as is fine.

They never had a pretty girl from Jo'burg...See me now and that's what they prefer

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Why they asking a 22 yr old this