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Drag race star RuPaul took to Twitter to explain his stance on the concept of racism.
The 56 year old TV personality has outraged several of his followers with a tweet stating, that racism has little to do with race and more to do with personal prides.
RuPaul made the Tweet in light of the recent Charlottesville riots, which involved a violent clash between white nationalists and their counter protesters, resulting into the tragic death of a civil rights protester, Heather Heyer.
“Racism has nothing to do with race,” RuPaul tweeted. “It is the ego’s way of making you feel ‘better than.’”
Racism has nothing to do with race. It is the ego’s way of making you feel ‘better than.’ #Resist #Charlottesville— RuPaul (@RuPaul) August 13, 2017
Y’all love drag race so much y’all will never cancel Ru Paul, not for transphobia or tone deaf comments like this 😒 I’m so fed up with him pic.twitter.com/0JxOIWBmw1— Trophywife (@blackbloodmoney) August 13, 2017
Ru…no.Like it’s literally in the name. RACEism. Sis plz delete this.
— *Sookie TRAPhouse (@ThatsSoTunde) August 13, 2017
— Mr Matthews (@Seyinoir) August 13, 2017
Ru my Queen i love u so much i really do but delete this xoxo— im not black im O.J (@Socialintrovret) August 13, 2017
Ok maybe you’ve been living in Hollywood too long. Out here in NC, racism is still about race.— Jon Byers (@jonbyersphotos) August 13, 2017
…so WHITE people thought they were better than NON WHITE people because of…? pic.twitter.com/hwu2X9WxqQ— Taylor J (@taysexuality) August 13, 2017
Qween @RuPaul – Racism has as much to with Race as “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has to do with Drag.— DUARTÉ (@stevenduarte) August 14, 2017
Please tell me you’ve been hacked because I refuse to believe someone w/ as much experience as you would say something so tone deaf.— Charlotte’s Weave (@BeyAlbert22) August 13, 2017
— jojo✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 (@JTibiru) August 13, 2017
— 💫 (@knifedad) August 13, 2017
Sweetie racism has always been based in anti-blackness and the dehumanization & exploitation of non-white ppl foh with this fake deep quote— JLoArchive (@JLoArchive) August 13, 2017
Do you agree with RuPaul? What is your take?