Erykah Badu doesn’t care if you’re mad at her… just don’t call her “problematic.”
The singer was gassed by Twitter this week over an interview with Vulture where she said she sees the good in everyone — including Bill Cosby and Hitler.
Badu’s point was that people shouldn’t rush to anger as society so masterfully does these days, and instead should think with a more empathetic mind and draw our own conclusions. But she still said she “saw something good in Hitler.”
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Many blasted the Appletree songstress for her comments, seeing empathy for Hitler as “problematic” in a society where racism and anti-Semitism are so prevalent. But when Badu responded the next day, she emphasized that only those who read the ENTIRE article understood her “message of compassion.”
In response to the backlash, the 46-year-old admitted she used “one of the worst examples possible” to illustrate extreme compassion to others. Still, she encouraged fans to say what they feel — unless it involves the word “problematic.” (It’s a word for dummies, she says!)
See what Badu had to say to the Twitics (below)!
@vulture x @david_marchese conversation with Badu.
Or THE JEW and Badu? ♥️♥️♥️
‘ey man .. ion know . https://t.co/cJyWHUlm7b
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018
What a world.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018
Say what u must. Dialogue is cool . I invite it. But please do me a favor if you can , Black & Jewish Twitter, just don’t use the word “problematic ” any more. ├░┼╕╦£ΓÇÜY’all using that too much . ├░┼╕ΓäóΓÇ₧.. oh and read the article.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018
Nothin. I was just using my own brain again. I know it’s against the rules. I know I know. https://t.co/g6EGf8EXJL
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018
The media is banking on our ignorance. Know we won’t read the whole thing. They’ll use controversial quotes w/trigger words as Click Bait. We├ó┬¥┬ñ├»┬╕┬Åcontroversy. So Blogs choose easiest thing to “spin”. Get you mad. Help you get a little rage out. They get more adds.The message lost.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018
She continued Thursday morning:
People are in real pain. So I understand why my ‘good’ intent was misconstrued as ‘bad’. In trying to express a point, I used 1 of the worst examples possible, Not to support the cruel actions of an unwell, psychopathic Adolf Hitler, but to only exaggerate a show of compassion.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 25, 2018
Either U read the entire VULTURE interview & U understood the message of compassion CLEARLY.
OR U only read the selective, out of context Headlines, & were drawn in2 the whirlpool of collective emotional grief. I don’t want 2 force U 2understand the way I love. I’m hopeful tho.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 25, 2018
Her address also included a bombshell announcement, which we can only imagine is her trying to deflect from all the backlash:
My mixtape drop at midnite.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018
Okay, Erykah. So, she clearly doesn’t feel she owes anyone an apology.
Although, the songstress could be more explicit as her message could be taken a couple of ways, whether she means she triggered “people in pain” or if she’s just stating facts.
You still stanning Badu??
[Image via Judy Eddy/WENN.]
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