American rapper and member of hip hop group Slaughterhouse, Joe Budden, is receiving some unwanted social media attention unrelated to his music because of a recent tweet.
On Friday twitter user @FatehDOE posted a picture of a photo he found on Budden’s Instagram account of a man wearing a turban standing in a security line at an airport. Budden’s caption on the Instagram post reads “Not on my watch Homeboy !”
Upon seeing the photo, other Twitter users joined in on the discussion and expressed their anger over the Instagram post.
One user says he fails to understand that even stereotypical terrorist jokes have gotten innocent sikhs killed, post 9/11, purely from ignorance.
Another asked for retweets, saying people should tell the rapper that posting a picture of an Indian Sikh man insinuating that he’s a terrorist is ‘not cool’.
Budden got into an exchange with another Twitter user over whether or not Budden crossed the line. The hip hop artist tried defending himself, saying that pointing out a stereotype isn’t racist.
@JoeBudden lighten up to a racist joke? Would you lighten up if I dropped the "N" word to you? Think about it, seriously. Read ur comments b
— Jaskaran Dhanoa (@JaskaranDhanoa) March 28, 2014
@JoeBudden So that makes it OKAY to make racist jokes? Two wrongs don't make a right Joe. C'mon man, you're still defending your pic/cmnt?
— Jaskaran Dhanoa (@JaskaranDhanoa) March 28, 2014
@JaskaranDhanoa I’m taking off, i’ll erase it cuz I like u, ok ?! Great. ✌️
— Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) March 28, 2014
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