Tyler Joseph responds to Twenty One Pilots fan’s experience of racism in band’s fanbase
nme.comTwenty One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph has responded to a fan who claims she was racially abused by members of the band’s fanbase.The response from Joseph came after the fan took to Twitter in December to post a lengthy statement about her experiences.“I think it’s time to have a really big conversation on the racism, entitlement, and jealousy that goes on.
Especially racism,” the fan, named Chey on Twitter, wrote. “Myself personally has kept my mouth shut on a lot of things because I don’t like bringing negativity to the timeline but as more and more minorities in the fanbase join, this is really becoming out of hand.
A lot of y’all’s hatred towards people in particular is racially charged. There’s no denying it, at all.“There are tons of other people who have experienced what I have experienced and not even gotten the tip of amount of hate i experience.
Yet, I breathe wrong and these are the ccs I get. (TW for racism + suicide). And like this problem here, while fixable on my end is completely unacceptable and I continuously delete ccs like this Every.
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