A popular influencer slammed TikTok, criticizing the app for highlighting 'duplicates of the same people' and not fostering a diverse culture
The founder of Black Lives Matter Utah, Lex Scott, founded the protest because "black creators are being silenced on TikTok and other social media platforms and I am fed up,"In a TikTok promoting the protest, Iman, @theemuse, said she hoped the movement would "stop the censorship of black people on this app.
Issues of race have come up repeatedly on the app, most notably when Charli D'Amelio, the most-followed person on the platform, popularized the "Renegade" dance and was largely viewed as its creator. While D'Amelio certainly made the dance into the megapopular hit it has become,That's a trend that has been an important aspect of TikTok culture in the last year.
As Taylor Lorenz of The New York Times wrote in February, TikTok "has become synonymous with dance culture. Yet many of its most popular dances, including the Renegade, Holy Moly Donut Shop, the Mmmxneil and Cookie Shop have come from young black creators on myriad smaller apps."
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