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UPDATE: “I NO BLACK, I AITHIOPIA” 😂🇪🇹 I have to give credit where credit is due. She has apologised for her previous comments about Black people and acknowledged that what she said was hurtful and wrong. She also explained that Ethiopians both at home and abroad reached out to her and corrected her. And honestly? This is how a community should respond. 👏🏾 If someone is spreading harmful stereotypes or misrepresenting their own community, people should be willing to speak up, educate them and correct the record. And credit to her for actually listening and apologising instead of doubling down. As I said in my original video, I don’t personally care whether an individual Ethiopian chooses to identify as Black or not. People have the right to describe their own identity however they choose. What I do care about is the idea that being Black automatically means being violent, angry, or having an “identity crisis.” Those stereotypes deserve to be challenged. Ethiopia remains deeply respected across Africa and the diaspora historically representing African sovereignty, independence and resistance to European colonialism, as well as playing an important role in Pan-African history. So respect to the Ethiopians who spoke up, and respect to her for listening. 🇪🇹🫱🏾‍🫲🏿🌍 Sometimes correction doesn’t have to end in hatred. Sometimes people can simply learn, apologise and do better. #Ethiopia #AfricanHistory #BlackHistory #BlackTikTok #truthmatters