Female rapper Azealia Banks has made some outrageous tweets in the past but her latest one may have crossed the line. Banks took to Twitter to post her disdain of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
“Honestly… Let’s find the biggest burliest blackest n****** and let them run a train on her. Film it and put it on worldstar,” wrote Banks in one of the tweets.
In another she wrote, “Hideous. At least suk a n**** d*** or summ’ before you start talking s*** about ‘black people willingly accepting slavery.’ Least she can do.”
Her remarks came after a satire news sites fake article about Palin which became popular on social media because readers thought it was real. The article quotes Palin as saying, “I’m telling you, I’ve been saying it for years, but nobody’s listening – slavery wasn’t forced onto African-Americans, they accepted it willingly.” Palin hit back on Facebook with the following post:
“Hey Female Rapper – listen up, little darling. No one has any idea what you’re wigging out about in these bizarre, violent rants against me, but you’re obviously not exercising enough intelligence to acknowledge you’ve been sucked into believing some fake interview in which I supposedly offered comments representing the antithesis of my truth. In this life, you’re blessed to have been given an influential platform. So have I. Why don’t we strengthen both our platforms and work together on something worthwhile – like condemning racism, along with empowering young women to defend themselves against a most misogynist, degrading, devastating assault perpetrated by evil men – rape. Thanks. And now I’ll go through my young daughter’s playlist to make sure there hasn’t been any inadvertent addition of any anti-woman, pro-rape garbage that you seem to endorse, which perpetuates the cultural challenges we face in America. I encourage other parents to do the same. God bless you Ms. Banks, as you consider a change of heart”
Palin’s comments prompted Banks to write an open letter to Palin that sort of apologizes. The letter states in part:
“In my honest defense, i was completely kidding. I happen to have a really crass, New-York-City sense of humor, and regularly make silly jokes in attempts make light of situations which make me uncomfortable. As the fabric of the American Nation is EMBEDDED with racism, I merely made a racially driven joke to counter what i believed to be real, racist rhetoric. Also, i never said you should be raped. I used the term ‘run a train,’ which is slang for group sex”
However, the social media battle does not seem to be over. Palin stated that she intends to sue Banks over her Twitter comments.
