Model and rapper Amber Rose slammed MSNBC’s Joy Reid for attempting to criticize Rose’s speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention.
Rose was widely praised for her emotive and effective speech, while Reid Decided to attack her She became famous because of the support she received from the black community.
“It’s ironic that they were able to hire this young woman, and I don’t want to say she’s black because she’s racially ambiguous and she’s not black, so I don’t want to say ‘this black woman,'” Reid said on MSNBC.
“But they brought in someone whose entire career has been rooted in black culture. She’s been on BET, so that’s why most people know her. She was in the history of hip-hop, dating one of the most prominent African-American rappers in the industry,” she continued, referring to Kanye West.
“And now she’s being used to recruit people of color, to say she’s someone who should be trusted as a supporter of Donald Trump, and yet she doesn’t even claim the culture that invited her to the table?” Reid concluded. “I doubt this will work.”
Rose hit back in a social media post on “X,” the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“Hi @JoyAnnReid. I never said I’m not black. I just said I identify as mixed race.” she wrote.
“To reassure you, I am not dissing my white father. Stop the racism. Your president has racized all of us enough,” she added.
Her message was viewed more than 3.2 million times within a few hours.
Other Democrats agree How Dangerous is it? Rhodes’ speech was aimed at a party that is counting on black support for the upcoming elections.
“It was probably the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition,” said CNN Democratic strategist Van Jones. “She’s a young woman of color. She’s talking about that feeling that a lot of people have, that if you’re surrounded by too many liberals, you might get criticized too much, or you might not be able to speak your mind. And she talked about it really well.”
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