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Originally Posted by sarakss

She said that because he has not tried to make that a secret. Not sure why he reacted in shock - a bit silly considering he mentioned that in his VT, dresses like a gang member, and made gestures as he walked onstage.


I think a better analogy is needed here. Calling him a former member of the crips is not the same as calling him a n***er.

He mentioned it in one of his audition interviews, not his official intro VT. Something he had no idea would be aired. As for "dresses like a gang member", he dresses like pretty much every rap music fan in the US, if anything, more understated than most. He does not wear all blue or only blue, and he doesn't flash real gang signs on the show - he uses a fake one the smokers made up to refer to themselves before Deana became an outsider. Lauren frequently uses it as well.

There's no "better analogy" needed here. Emma said something that simply should not be said openly like that on TV. While she might be excused for being too stupid to know better, the production team should've had the sense to look into it before putting it on her teleprompter. It's obviously a cultural ignorance - no tv show anywhere in the US would've been so flippant about it - but that doesn't excuse it.