Cabello defended Normani on Twitter in vague terms, Rolling Stone reports, but the singer’s father told the magazine she’s still “scarred” from it. Racist trolls targeted Normani with death threats and doctored images of her being lynched after she called Cabello “quirky”-which they perceived as an insult. Normani and Cabello’s relationship is complex. “It was devastating that this came from a place that was supposed to be a safe haven and a sisterhood, because I knew that if the tables were turned I would defend each of them in a single heartbeat.” “It would be dishonest if I said that this particular scenario didn’t hurt me,” she added. Direct and subliminal hatred has been geared towards me for many years solely because of the color of my skin.” I have been tolerating discrimination far before I could even comprehend what exactly was happening. “This represents a day in the life for us. “I face senseless attacks daily, as does the rest of my community,” Normani wrote. “I struggled with talking about this because I didn’t want it to be a part of my narrative,” she continued, “but I am a black woman, who is a part of an entire generation that has a similar story.” She later responded to a question about the posts by email, writing, “I want to be very clear about what I’m going to say on this uncomfortable subject and figured it would be best to write out my thoughts to avoid being misconstrued, as I have been in the past.” Speaking with Rolling Stone, Normani initially said she was still processing it all and needed more time. (The posts had circulated before, but this time was the first they were apparently authenticated.) Cabello apologized in December, calling her younger self “uneducated and ignorant.” Last winter, a Twitter user resurfaced old Tumblr posts of Cabello’s, in which the singer used racist language and slurs. As she told Rolling Stone, being the only black member of the group made her feel like “the other one in the room.” She was deemed “the dancer” and sidelined in favor of other members of the group, particularly Cabello, until the latter’s departure in late 2016-after which she emerged as the group’s new ringleader, Rolling Stone notes. Normani’s time with Fifth Harmony was fraught. We deserve to be celebrated, I deserve to be celebrated and I’m just getting started.In her Rolling Stone cover story, singer and dancer Normani addressed fellow Fifth Harmony alum Camilla Cabello’s old racist posts, for which Cabello recently apologized after they resurfaced. We have been and will continue to win in all that we do simply because of who we are. We are descendants of an endless line of strong and resilient kings and queens. To my brown men and women, we are like no other. I have spoken what is in my heart and pray this is transparent enough that I never have to speak on it again. I hope there is genuine understanding about why this was absolutely unacceptable. “I really hope that an important lesson was learned in this. “I don’t want to say that this situation leaves me hopeless because I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for personal growth,” Normani continued in the email. Her father, Derrick Hamilton, chimed in to say she was “still scarred” from Harmonizers targeting her online for believing she once shaded Cabello for being “quirky.” But the rehashed disharmony Normani experienced is not the singer’s main takeaway, especially for her young black fans. Whether or not it was her intention, this made me feel like I was second to the relationship that she had with her fans.”īut that wasn’t the only 5H-based relationship Normani expressed as uneasy: The other members of the former girl group didn’t readily come to her defense while she was dealing with racist online bullies either, as the 23-year-old artist described them as “not knowing how to be there for me the way that I needed it because it wasn’t their own experience, and because when they look at me they don’t see me.”Īccording to the interview, Normani often felt like “the other one in the room” for being the sole black female in the group. It took days for her to acknowledge what I was dealing with online and then years for her to take responsibility for the offensive tweets that recently resurfaced. It was devastating that this came from a place that was supposed to be a safe haven and a sisterhood, because I knew that if the tables were turned I would defend each of them in a single heartbeat. It would be dishonest if I said that this particular scenario didn’t hurt me. I have been tolerating discrimination far before I could even comprehend what exactly was happening. Direct and subliminal hatred has been geared towards me for many years solely because of the color of my skin. This represents a day in the life for us. She continued in her written statement: “I face senseless attacks daily, as does the rest of my community.
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