idk
while i think she's incredibly uneducated on black culture and that, as guero mentioned, she has tokenized herself as "that white girl" with her behaviors, i can't help but feel like she gets too much flack for expressing herself in a way that she sees fit - even if
i find it misguided and in poor taste. from my perspective, she doesn't seem to be knowing what she's doing or the meaning behind a lot of her behaviors, and it comes across as a contrived change in sound/look to shed the disney image as quickly as possible. it also seems at times like she's championing black culture and not approaching an interest in it with sensitivity - which is bound to spark offense. she could, however, for all i know, be - in her mind - behaving as herself, and for that, i can't judge and be hateful because i really don't know where her head is at. it comes across terribly, but i hesitate to be hugely judgmental because her intent may not match the effect.