hi!! i was just wondering what you thought about the “kj slander “ that’s been going on regarding people speaking about how he hasn’t used his platform to spread awareness about blm and ect. im black and idk how to feel about him. you’re very insightful so i just wanted to hear your opinion if you have one
got this ask on my main, answering here. under the cut for those who care.
look, i don't think a lot about kj other than i think he's a cute, good actor playing one of my favorite characters, i find his tiktoks funny, and he needs a better pr team. that's my approach with the entire cast, btw - i do not know these people. i do not know what they feel or think. i do not know anything about them, they're just people.
i am not black, i am not from the US, i am from a generation that doesn't really understand the meaning of social media in a person's life (i'm a millennial still using social media for... socializing /sobs) and i am not sure if i have a right or am the right person to speak on this, but anyway, but my honest opinion is, and i think this applies to kj or anyone: gate-keeping which celebrity is using their platforms to spread awareness just steers the focus of the main problem. the #blm movement isn't, and shouldn't be, about whose fave said what or went to what riot, but about black lives.
one thing i hate about these big social media movements is how many people use them for clout and to increase their own popularity without really caring for the cause. sometimes people are ignorant on the matter and speak just for speaking, and they say the most stupid things, or raise awareness the wrong way. it's better, sometimes, to keep your mouth shut if you're not sure or educated on what you're saying than being tone deaf. it brings no one any good to speak on something for millions of people in a way that might not be the right way. how many celebrities do you see still using the hashtag? how many celebrities are still fighting for the cause out in the open, now that the movement slowed down?
and, sometimes, when celebrities do raise awareness on something and it's not how much or what we wanted them to do, people claim it's not enough. like, it's a losing game.
besides, we know nothing about this man. we know 1,5% of his (and the rest of the cast's) life so we do not know what he does in his daily life to help the cause. and we cannot control it. what we do know, and can control, is what we do and those in our micro universe. do we donate to the cause? do black lives matter to us? do we speak up when someone is being racist around us? do we do anything? what are we doing about it?
celebrities aren't sacred. they're just people. they're not better or worse than you or me. him spreading awareness - that he did, but "not enough" according to some, while we have no idea what was happening in his personal life - isn't what should have you or me thinking about that movement.
so, i don't think not speaking on #blm makes him a racist or a bad person. he needs to be better assisted by his pr team, like i said earlier, but it doesn't mean anything in the great scale of things. and since i know it's gonna come up, not speaking on the r*pe allegations against his bandmate also means nothing in the great scale of things - do we know about the legal implications of him talking about it, since it could be used against him in the future? do we know what was going on? i believed the victim, as i always do, but we can't be naive thinking that kj saying anything about it couldn't have a legal repercussion - hence why rob did speak (his pr team did) but also didn't unfollow hooch.
it's a long, complicated matter, but we do not know what this man does to help these causes in his daily life and we do not know anything about him other than what he chooses to show us. so what we should think about kj and any other celebrity should be very, very superficial, and worry about what we are doing to be a part of these movements. it does not matter to me what these celebrities are saying or doing, what matters to me is what me and those around me are saying or doing.
but anyway, if you want to follow good celebrities that use their platform mostly for awareness and discussion of important stuff, sophia bush, yara shahidi, and natalie portman come to my mind.
anyway, hope this is some food for thought! i don't want to speak more on the cast other than this, tbh. mwah!
