Halsey acknowledged her privilege as a "white passing" biracial woman in a tweet on Wednesday.- An online user said that the musician "never claimed her Black side" in a since-deleted tweet.
- Halsey, whose father is black and mother is white, responded to the message to explain herself.
- "im white passing. it's not my place to say 'we'. it's my place to help. i am in pain for my family, but nobody is gonna kill me based on my skin color," she explained.
- Halsey added, "I've always been proud of who I am but it'd be an absolute disservice to say 'we' when I'm not susceptible to the same violence."
$4 addressed her privilege as a "white passing" biracial woman in a tweet on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old musician, whose father is black and mother is white, spoke up in response to an online user who $4
"On her post she says 'let black ppl speak', not 'let our ppl speak'. Nah, f--- her," the user wrote. The tweet has since been deleted.
—Sarah (@MissSarahLouise) $4
Halsey responded directly to the tweet, explaining that it would be "an absolute disservice" to claim that someone who is biracial but white-passing faces the same inequalities as other black people.
"im white passing. it's not my place to say 'we'. it's my place to help. i am in pain for my family, but nobody is gonna kill me based on my skin color. I've always been proud of who I am but it'd be an absolute disservice to say 'we' when I'm not susceptible to the same violence," she said.
—h (@halsey) $4
Prior to speaking out about her own experience with race, Halsey has been a vocal supporter of the
The musician has shared live updates from the ground with her 12.7 million followers along with retweeting footage from protests in other cities. Many of her tweets have documented $4 and $4.
"I dont know how to articulate the horrors of today. NG + officers firing rounds into kneeling crowds. We dont have enough medics on the ground on our side. I was treating injuries I am not qualified to. So much blood spilled. If you have med training pls go + standby outskirts," she $4 on Sunday.
Halsey also shared that she's made an "$4" of $100,000 to various organizations such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Reclaim the Block, Black Visions Collective, and more.
—h (@halsey) $4
Halsey has previously spoken about growing up as a white-passing biracial woman and admitted that figuring out her identity hasn't always been straightforward.
"I'm white-passing. I've accepted that about myself and have never tried to control anything about black culture that's not mine," the "Without Me" singer said during a 2017 interview with $4.
She added, "I look like a white girl, but I don't feel like one. I'm a black woman, so it's been weird navigating that. When I was growing up I didn't know if I was supposed to love TLC or Britney."