Felix Kjellberg
YouTuber Felix Kjellberg (aka PewDiePie) was on shaky ground after using anti-Semitic words and Nazi propaganda in one of his tweets. Viewers were outraged when he stumbled and uttered the N-word during one of his live streams in 2017. He immediately released a formal apology, claiming it was spoken “in the heat of the moment” and was “one of the worst stuff” he might have said. “I’m not trying to offer any reasons about why I did so because there aren’t any.”
Felix Kjellberg
Veronica Rose & Jason Sampson
These YouTubers were suspected of racial appropriation even when they explicitly stated that they were doing so when they shared pictures of their freshly colored hair and dreads. The caption reads, “2 Years of Cultural Appropriating,” implying that they didn’t give a hoot on who they were offending. Social media users reacted angrily, claiming that black people are already stigmatized for sporting dreadlocks and labeling the couple racist and insensitive. They have declined to apologize outright. *rolls eyes heavily*
Veronica Rose & Jason Sampson