{"id":281757,"date":"2019-10-15T14:14:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1083127"},"modified":"2019-10-15T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:14:15","slug":"gina-rodriguez-responds-to-backlash-over-saying-the-n-word-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/gina-rodriguez-responds-to-backlash-over-saying-the-n-word-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Gina Rodriguez Responds to Backlash Over Saying the N-Word on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gina Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> is apologizing for using the n-word in one of her Instagram Stories. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Jane the Virgin<\/em> actress’ name began trending on Twitter after people saw that she said the n-word while rapping along to the song “Ready or Not” by The Fugees<\/strong> and Lauryn Hill<\/strong>. After three hours, she deleted the video, but it was too late.<\/p>\n

Across social media, people began to express outrage over the offensive term, which then prompted Gina to release a statement. “Hey, what’s up everybody? I just wanted to reach out and apologize. I am sorry,” she explains on her Story<\/a>. “I am sorry if I offended anyone. My singing along to the Fugees, to a song I love that I grew up on, I love Lauryn Hill. And, um, I really am sorry if I offended you.”<\/p>\n

While her statement satisfied some, other people pointed out that Gina has apologized before but continues to make potentially offensive remarks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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In January 2019, the star was accused of being “anti-black”, largely due to her various comments about how Latinx women are more discriminated against than black women, to which she issued a tearful apology live on a radio show<\/a>. Through tears, the 35-year-old explained that she can’t be anti-black because her father has dark skin. “So to get anti-black is saying that I’m anti-family. My father is dark-skinned, he’s Afro-Latino \u2026 If anything, the black community is my community. As Latinos, we have black Latinos. That is what we are. I am not, so I think that when I speak about Latino advocacy people believe I only mean people of my skin color,” she reasoned. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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She added, “We don’t need to fight each other and if I caused that notion, please forgive me because that is not my intent at all.”<\/p>\n

And days after making headlines for her comments, the star questioned<\/a> whether she truly offended anyone or if it was social media that perpetuated this idea. “I’ve never said anything controversial about anyone in particular\u2014period. I am not against anyone. I create opportunities for everyone. So I think we often\u2014like, we’re living in a culture and in a climate where this is where we’re getting our factual information. But they’re not facts. They’re opinions. So I can’t live my life based off of social media opinion,” she insisted.<\/p>\n

But, as she said in the interview, she’s “still learning.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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