Social media influencer Ekane faces claims of colorism.
“Do you understand I’m a light-skinned woman?” Ekane asked on a live stream. “So I benefit from colorism. You’re a dark-skinned woman, you could never make it to the heights I make it from. Oop. Can we clock that one, or is it going to hurt y’all’s feelings because it’s me saying it?”
The statements caused an uproar but Ekane is known for her chaotic lifestyle, whether it’s her toxic relationship with the father of her children, Chris, beefing with Karrahbooo, or being the main witness of a Waffle House brawl.
girl what da hell pic.twitter.com/YtN4dPJpRj
— mecca 😉 (@spinbackmecca) June 14, 2024
Criticism is nothing new for Ekane. The influencer gets so much public scrutiny about her lifestyle, her Instagram name is @theyhateekane. This time, the backlash seems a little louder.
“When you’re going to get pulled over by them, and you’re going to have to sit in their faces? I don’t give a f— what brand deal they’ve offered you,” a TikTok account named @tablefor2podcast_ posted. “When you get up from that table, you’re still going to be an African American. A negro, to be specific.”
Yea she ate Ekane uppppp 😣 pic.twitter.com/iLtjRX5jDS
— THE SWEET LIFE OF A SAG 🎀 (@nonnabgood) June 14, 2024
The response caused Ekane to apologize to her 4 million TikTok followers.
“Only to my dark-skinned supporters, look, I apologize, humbly in the humblest of forms,” Ekane said. “I responded to a comment making fun of my abuse, and I went too low. And in the process of trying to offend her, how she hurt my heart, I hurt all my dark-skinned girlies. I want y’all to understand, if you know me, you know I ride for us.”
@bigekane Only sorry to my sistas!!!!! I love and appreciate yall and shouldnt have said it honey!!!!! Hair @ashimaryhair link in bio
The latest incident wasn’t the first time Ekane made a comment about dark-skinned women. Fans also posted an old TikTok live where she called a commenter an insecure dark-skinned woman and a monkey.
Mind yall… this incident wasnt ekane first time being colorist towards DARKSKIN women #Ekane …. She called someone else insecure bc she darkskin & a monkey pic.twitter.com/80wjIaixRA
— C h a n e l (@_Princess_CeCe) June 14, 2024
11 Responses
I don’t feel her apology is sincere being that this is not her first time and she apologized only because she was called out. This her true feelings. Let’s see where her ‘light skin” takes her.
The fact alone that she said something so ignorant is pathetic af. Dark skin or lightskin you Still black. This use to be an issue in the 70s when I was growing up lightskin,dark skin. The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice that’s what my dark skinned Daddy taught me. Your apology is a pathetic as your statement. There’s an Arabic saying that goes 3 things you can’t take back the sped of an arrow, the word after it’s spoken and a neglected opportunity. Bye Felicia!,you just sad idk what influence you call yourself doing but influence fail. Before you speak ask yourself 3 questions, Is it kind? Is it true? And last but not least,Is it necessary? Your lightskin shit stink just like any dark-skinned woman shit do. Drops mike exit stage left.✌️
Why she say sum dumb shit like that? That’s what I want to know and you’re exactly right that’s how she feel for real.
A real Fancy girl..don’t go for cheap..Melanin is our super power..sorry you don’t have much. 🤣🤣
She lost her mind.
You’re really not light! I could show you pictures of my daughter and you’d think that she was of mixed race but my husband and I are both black! Get off your high horses and stop putting other women down…..period 🙄!
You need a realty check ✔️
Apologizing to your “dark skinned sisters” continues to show your ignorance. Not all “Black”
Or “African American” people are “dark skinned”! We come in many shades from “Lilly white” to
very dark brown”! I’m an African American woman that has been mistaken for white all
Of my life. It has not been any benefit or fun. In fact, there were days when I was younger that I prayed to be browned skinned. I’m old enough to have experienced segregation and it’s not fun, when a White people try to separate you and your biological children based on the color of our skin! Grow up and stick to what you know!
Oh ok her boyfriend chose a dark chocolate beauty over her, bet! lol.
This woman definitely must be living in another time zone. She can insult all she wants. At the end of the day, she will always be looked at as another black woman trying to pass. Wake sistah, you do not have the persuasion for the Caucasian. You are still being seen as a Black Woman, with Light Chocolate covering. Your justice is still the same. Just US. So get off your white horse and remember who you are. Just another ship passing through the night!
Besides that, there are multiple darker skin females that are far more successful than her. And not to mention her skin color didn’t stop her from having issues in her relationship, having children out of wedlock, acting a fool on the Internet or receiving backlash for her ignorance. She addressed “y’all’s feelings” when she said it. I’m good on her.