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🗓️ 21 August 2025
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Tyla is under scrutiny for referring to herself as “colored”, a term commonly used in South African culture. Black Americans say it’s anti-black. Let’s talk about it.
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0:52.6 | Tyler because she referred to herself as colored, |
0:55.2 | which is perfectly normal where she's from in South Africa, but not at all normal here in the United States. |
0:59.5 | Now black Americans are saying she is anti-black and she deserves no success in the U.S. of A. |
1:04.4 | Let's talk about it. |
1:10.6 | Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe us today, we're talking about South African artist. |
1:16.9 | Tyler, you may know her from one of our biggest hits, Water, others like Truth or Dare or A-R-T. |
1:21.6 | Well, she recently released an EP titled WWP, and it's apparently not doing so well in the United States. |
1:28.3 | It sold less than 4,000 copies in its first week live, |
1:31.6 | and black Americans are taking responsibility for this so-called flop era for Tyler. |
1:36.4 | Now, what did she do wrong? How did she piss off Black America? |
1:39.3 | Well, she referred to herself as colored. |
1:41.4 | Now, for those who are unfamiliar with this in South Africa, |
1:44.0 | colored people refer to themselves as colored. Now, Tyler, I guess, didn't realize that was a |
1:49.0 | derogatory term here in the United States. And she continued to refer to herself in that way. |
1:53.3 | Now, black Americans said, no, no, no, you can bring your South African culture here, |
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