Nicole Arbour is making headlines once again.
The YouTuber — who you may remember from her controversial Dear Fat People and Dear Black People videos — is under fire for releasing her “women’s edit” of Childish Gambino‘s This Is America.
As you know, Donald Glover‘s revolutionary project examines the black experience in America, particularly dealing with gun violence, police brutality, and culture. Now, making one of Gambino’s points, Arbour has swooped in with her own rendition, which is being called the “white woman’s edit.”
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You can watch her remake (above).
The comedian has since deleted the comments on the video, but here’s what some commenters had to say:
“This is not a women’s edit. This is a WHITE womans edit. If you cannot see the difference, you’re a shit feminist and a hack.”
“You truly didn’t understand ├óΓé¼╦£This Is America’ if your thought process was let me make a WHITE women’s edit version. Please delete and apologize for this atrocity.”
The most valuable self-care you can provide yourself with today is to block Nicole Arbour. Don’t retweet & monetize her shit, just mute it.
— ⚡️SON OF STORMBREAKER ⚡️ (@philip_the_4th) May 13, 2018
Wow! I’m not going to diminish what may @NicoleArbour experience. Find your your own creative voice and tell your story but don’t whitewash and diminish the reality of Black people in America. This is a shameful display of creative piracy! https://t.co/Qg9MlPTWAz
— Johnnie Peterson (@Elevate_Radio) May 15, 2018
@NicoleArbour even like logistically the song is a fucking mess. white girl to white girl – stop.
— true (@chanelmartin__) May 15, 2018
As a BLACK woman, @NicoleArbour , I find it annoying when men are disrespectful to me because I’m a woman. However, I am terrified of the future my unborn child might have because of our skin color.
I am terrified when a cop pulls me over & I know I’ve done nothing wrong.
— 💜Broke Fenty Addict💜 (@Robyn32) May 15, 2018
There’s this thing called an “intended audience”, and the point is the intended audience is black people but this white woman was like “oh, this thing isn’t about me? Better make a parody that IS about me” instead of trying to understand the original and WHY it wasn’t about her
— Другon (Друг Dragon) (@NeckbeardedDrag) May 15, 2018
Nicole has since responded with “not an apology” but a “clarification,” writing:
(Not an apology, but a clarification) #GOTEAM 👊🏻❤️🤘🏻A post shared by Nicole Arbour (@ibnicolearbour) on May 14, 2018 at 6:28pm PDT
Thoughts??? SOUND OFF in the comments (below)!
