Awkwafina Quit Twitter After Her “Blaccent” Non-Apology

For Year's, Awkwafina Has Been Criticised for Her Caricature-Style “Blaccent” (Black Accent, or Using the Speech Patterns and Language of African-Americans). Fans Have Pointed out That During Promotional Interviews for 2020’S the Farewell – for Which She Won the Best Actress Golden Globe – She Dropped the Accent. Later, During a Press Junket for Marvel’s Shang-Chi, She Dodged a Question About Cultural Appropriation.

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The Reality Star Only Joined the Salt Lake City Franchise in Season Two, but She Has Already Been Fired Thanks to Posts from 2020 That Her Own Co-Stars Labelled “Racist”. Nguyen Posted on Facebook Questioning the Cause of George Floyd’s Death After the African-American Was Killed by a White Police Officer; Labelled Anti-Racism Protesters as “Thugs” and “Violent Gangs”; and Called for a “White Lives Matter’’ Movement in Response to Black Lives Matter (Started in 2013 After the Acquittal of the Shooter of African-American Teenager Trayvon Martin, Who Was Murdered in 2012).

Real Housewives Star Jennie Nguyen Was Fired After Her George Floyd Posts

The Reality Star Only Joined the Salt Lake City Franchise in Season Two, but She Has Already Been Fired Thanks to Posts from 2020 That Her Own Co-Stars Labelled “Racist”. Nguyen Posted on Facebook Questioning the Cause of George Floyd’s Death After the African-American Was Killed by a White Police Officer; Labelled Anti-Racism Protesters as “Thugs” and “Violent Gangs”; and Called for a “White Lives Matter’’ Movement in Response to Black Lives Matter (Started in 2013 After the Acquittal of the Shooter of African-American Teenager Trayvon Martin, Who Was Murdered in 2012).

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In 2017, the K-Pop Group Apologised After a Video Surfaced Showing Them at a Show in Japan Wearing Blackface as They Covered Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s Song Uptown Funk.

Mamamoo Was “Ignorant of Blackface”

In 2017, the K-Pop Group Apologised After a Video Surfaced Showing Them at a Show in Japan Wearing Blackface as They Covered Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson’s Song Uptown Funk.

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The Indonesian-Born Spoof Rapper – Real Name Brian Imanuel Soewarno – First Caused Controversy When He Went by the Stage Name “Rich Chigga”, a Portmanteau of “Chinese” and the N-Word. the Dat $Tick Hitmaker Also Regularly Used the N-Word in Lyrics and Played on Gangsta Rap Stereotypes in Music Videos.

“Rich Chigga” Changed His Name … and Promised to Stop Using the N-Word

The Indonesian-Born Spoof Rapper – Real Name Brian Imanuel Soewarno – First Caused Controversy When He Went by the Stage Name “Rich Chigga”, a Portmanteau of “Chinese” and the N-Word. the Dat $Tick Hitmaker Also Regularly Used the N-Word in Lyrics and Played on Gangsta Rap Stereotypes in Music Videos.

Bts Star Rm’s Cultural Appropriation

The K-Pop Star Donned Traditionally Black Hairstyles in the Group’s Early Days.

Asian Stars in Racial Controversies: from Awkwafina’s ‘Blaccent’ Scandal to Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Jennie Nguyen Getting Fired for Facebook Posts – Who Apologised, and Who Got Cancelled?

By Sophia Al-Mansoor

• Oct 8, 2026 • 4 min read

Asian Stars in Racial Controversies: from Awkwafina’s ‘Blaccent’ Scandal to Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Jennie Nguyen Getting Fired for Facebook Posts – Who Apologised, and Who Got Cancelled?

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