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Posted on 08/27/2022 11:46:35 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer
Actress Drew Barrymore is being accused of cultural insensitivity toward “black creators” for posting a video of herself enjoying the rain, which at least one critic says is an appropriation of the “black men frolicking” trend.
Many social media users were confused by the criticism posted by TikTok user amushroomblackly, who chastised Barrymore for the video clip by saying she was a “colonizer” who made it possible for millions of her followers to “dismiss and disrespect the boundaries that black creators have set.”
The TikTok user was upset because she saw Barrymore’s video as an extension of a TikTok trend called “black men frolicking.” It began with the user thexsadxoptimistic filming himself happily running through a field of flowers. The clip got shared on Mashable in May and quickly went viral, inspiring other social media users to copy him. It allegedly spread to black women as well.
Barrymore, meanwhile, shared a short clip of herself enjoying the rain while she was standing in what appears to be the courtyard of a city building. “Whenever you can, go out into the rain. Do not miss the opportunity!” she tells followers gleefully.
That clip also went viral, with fans of the 47-year-old former child star embracing her happiness after she had such a difficult upbringing. “Watching her heal her inner child makes me so happy,” one person responded to the clip, which boasts more than 21 million views on TikTok.
A previous video of hers from May also showed the actress enjoying getting wet in the rain.
Though Barrymore never said she was following the “black men frolicking” trend, the TikTok critic clearly believed she was. When critics came after her for responding too harshly to the actress, amushroomblackly doubled down and posted several more critical videos, reiterating her stance.
“When we say it’s racist, it’s racist,” she said during her reaction to Barrymore’s rain video.
And she’s not the only one taking issue with white people allegedly participating in the frolicking trend. Another user mentioned how only black content creators should be posting these types of videos, and that anyone who considers themselves “allies” should agree with that stance.
o be “If you’re a good ally, you know when to take a step back and re-evaluate your choices. And stop,” he said. “Let black people experience black joy with each other for once.”
Yep, the very white song-and-dance man, Gene Kelly, was the original “singer in the rain.” I guess these wokesters don’t know that.
Yup, the inmates are definitely running the asylum.
hopefully she is telling the whiners to piss off?
Well I guess that Singing in the Rain is what the n..er..natives in mother Africa did as they built those towering palaces and such before the evil White Man stole all of their technology.
Sometimes I can only snicker.
The negro race-bigots must quit appropriating White culture, to include indoor plumbing, public sanitation, electricity (to include electronic communication), motorized transportation, manufactured clothing, paved roadways, antibiotics, philosophy, theology, representative government, and all other aspects of European/American civilization.
“dismiss and disrespect the boundaries that black creators have set.”
I reject utterly the idiotic notion that negro "creators" have the authority to set "boundaries". They may all bugger off.
I don’t think black people own frolic just because they frolic once. Nor do I believe this hateful, ignorant women deserves a response of any kind. Drew should ignore her. The women is gifting on Drew’s fame.
The insanity is spreading. What’s worse is that the insane people think they’re just fine.
Huh??? She couldn’t colonize an ant farm if her life depended on it! I think it’s time for an input from Angry Reactions! LOL!!!
I think the real problem lies in that black culture is trying to appropriate things from other cultures in order to better establish their victim status.
How stupid is the average TiKTok customer?
I have often said that a Teacher/Professor at a college or university could have a lot of fun with this idea by telling his class that anyone that shows up to class with any item that was invented by a white person or made popular by a white person will be immediately FAILED. Would be interesting to see how many show up naked with nothing else.
Drew Barrymore (Clean Radio Edit)- Bryce Vine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bClap_zoLeE
I agree with you about Drew and her good heart. I hope she IGNORES the hell out of these people. Go Drew!
I watched it and had no idea why she was upset. The article then explained it and I still don’t get it.
Things go viral all the time. Remember for a while there was people pouring buckets of ice water on their heads. These trends come and go and no group can claim ownership of them.
Racist black groups now believe they can make us these imaginary offenses and the rest of us are supposed to grovel and apologize. I think not. That goes for any group of people as defined by their ethnic, religious or political persuasion.
Enjoy that “Black Joy,” all you want. I want none of it, you can have at it.
Black Joy as in BLM riots?
As the folks in Chicago do each weekend?
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