Youtuber Lindsay Ellis getting Cancelled is all over the Internet but, what is the drama about? Is she a racist? Learn about it in the following article.
A recent tweet from the Youtuber Lindsay Ellis has come as a critical matter for the netizens. And, ‘Canceled’ has become a frequently used term throughout.
So, what is Canceled? It is a term used for public shaming a person who violates community standards.
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Racist can be a controversial term in this case. Some people came to judge her for encouraging racism, while others think she was remotely talking about it.
The Tweet she did regarding the movie ‘Raya’ comparing it with ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ created a buzz on Twitter within a blink of an eye.
Glad Lindsay Ellis was finally cancelled, was a long time coming
— Hannibal’s Revenge (@ShounenRonin) March 27, 2021
The deleted Tweet read, “Also watched Raya and the Last Dragon and I think we need to come up with a name for this genre that is basically Avatar: the Last Airbender reduxes. It’s like half of all YA fantasy published in the last few years anyway,”
As a result of this tweet, she had to face a massive backlash from her audiences.
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After the backlash from the previous tweet, she tried to clear things out via another post. It read, “I can see where if you squint I was implying all Asian-inspired properties are the same, especially if you were already privy to those conversations where I had not seen them. But the basic framework of TLA is becoming popular in fantasy fiction outside of Asian inspired stuff,”
But, the mass was not convinced and tagged her for being a racist. And following the event, she was not banned from Twitter but canceled.
What happened to Lindsay Ellis?
As mentioned above, the story started after she commented on the movie Raya and The Last Dragon.
All the hate she was receiving led her to delete her account for some time. But fortunately, she is with us now, continuing with her regular handle.
Later, she explained the whole story through a YouTube video titled Mask Off. The video is 1 hour 40 minutes long and has already hit more than 2 million views.
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The allegations, comments, and drama are all about her being a racist. After the explanation, some are genuinely convinced, while some are still pulling her leg.
Goodbye. https://t.co/zcpwbq0Q04
— Lindsay Ellis (@thelindsayellis) December 28, 2021
And following the video, she has stopped taking validations from people and, stopped explaining them too.