MEDIA ISSUE 2 #

Delta gets called 'racists' after 
a re-tweet

Issue: Deltra Goodroom is known for her professional singing career, however now more prominently known for her role as a judge on the reality television program ‘The Voice.’ The TV start re-tweeted a photograph of fans dressed as The Voice’s judges at a costume party. There was a man in a blonde wig portraying Delta, and another covered in black paint, with fake Scars to represent Seal. Delta tweeted 

‘This is hilarious!! Hope you u had fun! Ha!!' Soon later Delta was being branded as ‘racist.’

Source: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/the-voice-coach-delta-goodrem-distances-herself-from-twitter-blackface-scandal/story-e6frfmyi-1226641446219

My perspective: As social media, such as Twitter goes instantly viral, and there is so much accessibility to it, what you Twitter particularly as a celebrity has to be executed. If you are of a public figure there are a lot more consequences to tweets and to giving your opinion on social media than if you were an 'average Joe'. That being said I think racism is extremely subjective. It seems like anything you say if it involves a dark skinned person is racist. What about when a dark skinned person calls someone white? Or if a dark skinned man put white paint on them? I bet there wouldn’t be an uproar of people labelling them as racist.