Amber Rose is defending her biracial identity again–this time, against Joy Reid.
According to Vibe, Reid wasn’t pleased with Rose backing Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Reid wrote:
“She won’t even claim the culture that brought her to the table. I don’t wanna say she’s Black because she has said she’s not, so I don’t wanna say this Black woman. This woman who is of whatever race that she has claimed, she’s said she’s not Black, but they’ve brought somebody whose whole career is based in Black culture. She used to be on a show on BET. That’s the reason most people know who she is.”
Amber Rose clapped back on X in a since-deleted tweet:
“Hi @JoyAnnReid I’ve never said I wasn’t black I said I identify as biracial. I’m not going to invalid my white father to make you feel more comfortable. Stop being a race baiter ur president does enough race baiting for all of us.”
Amber Rose Faced Backlash For Endorsing Donald Trump
Many fans didn’t take kindly to Rose backing Trump.
In Rose’s speech, she had said:
“I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don’t care if you’re Black, white, gay or straight, it’s all love, and that’s when it hit me— these are my people. This is where I belong. So, I let go of my fear of judgment, of being misunderstood, of getting attacked by the left, and I put the red hat on, too.”
Rose doubled down on her words, adding:
“I’m here tonight to tell you, no matter your political background, that the best chance we have to give our babies a better life is to elect Donald Trump president of the United States. I’m no politician and I don’t wanna be, but I do care about the truth, and the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump. I know this because for a long time, I believed those lies.”
Rose added that the country was “safer, wealthier, and stronger” with Trump in the Oval Office.
But Joy Reid wasn’t having it–she used Rose’s former relationship with Kanye West to make her point.
“She dated one of the most prominent African American rappers in the business, in the history of Hip-Hop, so her whole culture came from Black culture, even though she said she’s not a Black person herself.
She added:
“And the fact that she is now the person they’re using to try to recruit young people of color and to say that this is the person who is the endorser of Donald Trump who you should trust when she won’t even claim the culture that brought her to the table. I’m dubious that this will work.”
And:
“I don’t know anyone who takes their political cues from Amber Rose, but just in case you do, you might want to duplicate doing your own research because she might not have done it thoroughly.”
