'Love Is Blind' Star Kwame Appiah Says He's Received Racist Remarks Since Season 4 Premiere: 'It's Disgusting'

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season 4 cast of is calling out hateful comments they have received since the show premiered on March 24.Kwame Appiah, who is one of the featured stars of the Netflix dating show's latest season, took to Instagram over the weekend to call out racist comments he says he's been receiving.Kwame, a Black man, acknowledged that his storyline on the show would warrant «opinions» from viewers online.«Opinions are, they're a given, right?» he said in a video. «But there's definitely a level that should not be breeched, and that's when the opinions that you have go toward deepening levels of hate, racism or bigotry.»Highlighting one comment that referred to him as the N-word, Kwame said that the racist comments «cross a line.»«I think it's disgusting that people think it's OK to do this and hide it behind the agenda of just caring about a TV show,» he continued. «I'm human.

I make mistakes, just like you make mistakes. Wrapping that around in bigotry and hate and pushing that agenda is never going to be OK.

Cut that out.»Kwame received lots of support from his co-stars online.Marshall Glaze and Brett Brown, who are both Black, shared their love in the comments section.«Very well said my Brother.