Cardi B Claps Back At Trolls Who Say She Isn't Black

Cardi B is a proud Afro-Latina! (And don't you forget it!)

On Tuesday (June 26), the "Press" rapper decided to address her race and ethnicity, after trolls claimed she isn't black because she speaks Spanish. "People just don't be understanding shi*t. It's like, 'Cardi's Latin, she's not Black.' And it's like, 'Bro, my features don't come from...white people f**king, OK?'" she said in an Instagram Live video. "And they always wanna race-bait when it comes to me...I have Afro features," she continued. "'Oh, but your parents are light-skinned'—alright, but my grandparents aren't."

Cardi went on to explain her Dominican and West Indian heritage and how other artists with darker complexions don't face the same criticism she endures. "It's crazy because some island women, some artists that are from the same islands as me, people will be like, 'Oh they're Black,'" she said. "But because Cardi speaks Spanish to people, she's not Black, even though we have similar features, same skin complexion. But no, they want to not put Cardi in it because I speak Spanish."

This isn't the first time Cardi's addressed comments about her race. Since the beginning of her career, Cardi has faced tons of criticism about her background and in 2018, she opened up to Teen Vogue about her cultural identity. "When my father taught me about Caribbean countries, he told me that these Europeans took over our lands," she shared. "That's why we all speak different languages. I expect people to understand that just because we're not African American, we are still black. It's still in our culture."

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