{"id":293130,"date":"2020-06-01T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1157889"},"modified":"2020-06-01T16:55:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:55:02","slug":"karol-g-apologizes-after-posting-photo-of-her-multi-colored-dog-to-promote-black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/karol-g-apologizes-after-posting-photo-of-her-multi-colored-dog-to-promote-black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Karol G Apologizes After Posting Photo of Her Multi-Colored Dog to Promote Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202051\/rs_300x300-200601150346-600_Karol_G_mp_6.1.20.jpg?fit=around|600:315&amp;crop=600:315;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.578078078078\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"23.324324324324\">\n<p><strong>Karol G&nbsp;<\/strong>has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karolg\/status\/1267539944509145089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apologized after facing backlash<\/a> for&nbsp;a post she shared about the Black Lives Matter movement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning, the 29-year-old Colombian singer shared a picture of her&nbsp;black and white spotted dog with the caption, &#8220;El ejemplo perfecto de que el Blanco y Negro JUNTOS se ven hermosos. #BlackLivesMatter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her caption translates to, &#8220;The perfect example that [the color] black and white together look beautiful. #BlackLivesMatter.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tweet has since been deleted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=karol%20g%20&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trending topic on Twitter<\/a>, fans and followers on social media criticized the singer for sharing what they described as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guavavenezolana\/status\/1267475324289368064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;colorblind&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Veronique956\/status\/1267478699550674944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;tone deaf<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The singer then took to her Twitter account once again and shared an apology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was wrong and I apologize,&#8221; she wrote, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karolg\/status\/1267539944509145089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sharing an English and Spanish translation of her apology<\/a>. &#8220;I want to make clear that my intentions were right in the photo I posted earlier. I meant to say that racism is terrible and that I cannot begin to understand it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.565352697095\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12.379668049793\">\n<p>&#8220;These past few days have been hard and its extremely painful to see it continue to happen,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;IT NEEDS TO STOP. There is only one race and that is the human race. I recognize that the way I expressed myself was not right.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On May 30, Karol also received backlash for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karolg\/status\/1266802706066399233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another tweet that read<\/a>, &#8220;Solo existe una Raza de la que TODOS hacemos parte. La raza humana.&#8221; This translates to, &#8220;Only one race exists and it&#8217;s the one that we&#8217;re all a part of, the human race.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6\">\n<p>She continued her apology, &#8220;I stand with Black Lives Matter. Under no circumstance should ANYONE experience such systematic oppression because of the color of their skin or for belonging to any minority group and I SUPPORT the protests and actions taken during these times to end police brutality and racism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6\">\n<p>&#8220;I am still learning and taking active steps to help, aid and evoke change,&#8221; she concluded, &#8220;and I continue educating myself to understand the experience.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1157889\/karol-g-apologizes-after-posting-photo-of-her-multi-colored-dog-to-promote-black-lives-matter?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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