Awkwafina Leaves Twitter After ‘Blaccent’ and AAVE Controversy: ‘I Apologize If I Ever Fell Short’

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Signing off. Awkwafina decided to leave Twitter after her statement on the use of a “blaccent” and African American Vernacular English (AAVE) brought backlash.“Well, I’ll see you in a few years, Twitter – per my therapist,” the Nora From Queens star, 33, tweeted on Saturday, February 5. “To my fans, thank you for continuing to love and support someone who wishes they could be a better person for you.

I apologize if I ever fell short, in anything I did. You’re in my heart always ❤️.”The New York native (born Nora Lum) added, “To Clarify: I am retiring from the ingrown toenail that is Twitter.

Not retiring from anything else, even if I wanted to, and I didn’t drunkenly hit someone with a shoehorn and now escaping as a fugitive.

Also am avail on all other socials that don’t tell you to kill yourself!”The message came hours after Awkwafina shared a lengthy statement that acknowledge her use of a “blaccent,” meaning a manner of speaking that includes ebonics and/or AAVE that sounds like a caricature of a black person.“There is a sociopolitical context to everything, especially the historical context of the African American community in this country,” the Crazy Rich Asians star wrote in her statement on Saturday morning. “It is a group that is disproportionately affected by institutionalized policies and law enforcement policies — all the while having historically and routinely seen their culture stolen, exploited and appropriated by the *dominant* culture for monetary gain without acknowledgment nor respect for where those roots come from, the pioneers of its beginnings and the artists that perfected and mastered the craft.”She continued, explained that while “some may pass it off as a convoluted mixture of the ‘internet