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Fans slam Selena Gomez for 'blackfishing'

They are REALLY mad.
  • 15 Apr 2020

Selena Gomez has smashed back into the scene with new music (again) and a brand new look... but it's a new look that a lot of fans aren't too happy with.

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In fact, a lot are accusing Selena of 'blackfishing'.

The Urban Dictionary describes 'blackfishing' as:

"Commonly perpetrated by females of European descent (white) which involves artificial tanning (spray tanning and tanning booths) and using makeup to manipulate facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry.

"The general point of blackfishing is for a female of European descent to appear of African, Arab, or Hispanic ancestry.

"Some consider it to be equivalent to modern day “black face” because it capitalizes off the looks of historically oppressed groups of people by people who come from more privileged backgrounds."
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Was her looj too much?

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"Not only is Selena anti the black lives movement but now she wants to pull this sh!t too? A joke," one fan tweeted.

It comes after Interview magazine uploaded images of Selena with darkened skin, braided hair, and conventionally black style.

"Why is Selena Gomez trying to be black?" wrote another fan.

"I thought this was a black woman until I realised it was Selena Gomez."

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Fans weren't happy!

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Some defended the star.

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However, a lot of her fans defended the star.

"Selena Gomez is a LATINA WOMAN. Latina's can get tanned and by no means that means they are blackfishing," wrote another fan.

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Selena has yet to respond to the backlash.

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