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Lana Del Rey isn’t Pro-Trump or racist, a thread.
1 = in this interview, she was asked if she cares about losing fans due to her outspokenness on trump and strong messages- her reply: “in terms of losing fans, i don’t care. period.”
2= here’s some tweets regarding Trump, the election and who she voted for: “You know I voted for Biden.”
3= Lana publicly confirmed she attempted to use witchcraft against Donald Trump- does that sound like something a Trump supporter would do?
4= she went off at Kanye West for supporting Trump: “Trump becoming our president was a loss for our country but your support for him was a loss for the culture”
5= next up is her alleged racism. i want to firstly state that i’m a POC.
in this clip she speaks about giving 50% of the proceeds from her spoken word album to native organisations to help “preserve their rights”
in this clip she speaks about giving 50% of the proceeds from her spoken word album to native organisations to help “preserve their rights”
6= in this clip, she states that she believes that america needs to pay the reparations to the black community, and that she advocates for it.
7= in her notorious instagram post, she received a lot of criticism for saying there needs to be a place in feminism for women that “look like [her]”. lots of people took this as her talking about her race. here’s her clearing that up:
8= she also received criticism for “not mentioning any non-black women” in her infamous post; even though she mentioned Ariana Grande (white), and Camilla Cabello (mexican).
9= Lana also received a lot of comments saying she wasn’t inclusive enough, she disagrees with this- “i’ve got a lot of issues, but inclusivity isn’t one”, she goes on to say she has friends from all around the world, all of whom voted for Biden
10= some more proof that Lana IS inclusive: teaming up with and including other black artists in her albums and music videos.
11= here’s some posts Lana shared in support of the BLM movement: “how does one begin to describe how greatly they desire equality for the world?”
12= a video Lana shared of her at a BLM protest, via instagram:
13= She says she gets told by her friends that her friends ARE from all over the place:
finally, i want to add a personal note:
you’re completely entitled to your own opinion on Lana Del Rey and her work, but to call her racist is extremely wrong- it desensitises the term and normalises accusing people of being racist, which makes the claim worthless.
thank you.
you’re completely entitled to your own opinion on Lana Del Rey and her work, but to call her racist is extremely wrong- it desensitises the term and normalises accusing people of being racist, which makes the claim worthless.
thank you.
