Honestly over everyone and all of this
This is my first and probably last ever post in this sub. However, I need to get something off my chest that has been on my mind for weeks now. We don’t know really anything about this hiatus, who is majority at fault, how long it will be, or if Manon will ever come back. Two things I know for sure 1. Geffen specifically has been accused of mistreatment before with Black women in groups in the past, 2. companies know that a lot of yall will in fact not really give a shit.
As a Black man it is sooooo frustrating to see casual anti blackness. Whether it’s being called lazy (despite us seeing proof of her working her ass off especially since joining and going from really no prior experience besides writing to be a pretty good singer and dancer in a relatively short period of time), and all this speculation and now blaming her for this hiatus and defending the billion dollar company who clearly doesn’t give a shit about any of the girls and just wants money. If it were any of your faves, you would be crying screaming and throwing up. But because it’s the black girl, it’s well “she wasn’t really THAT important” “she isn’t THAT talented” “see the people at Coachella didn’t care” “it was probably something she did” and these companies know yall will do this because they know yall do not care about Black people, especially women.
Are the solo stans for Manon insane? Yes, they are like I think any solo stan is insane for a girl group just have a bias like a normal person. But we can’t ignore that part of the reason why the Manon ones exist is because of how she has been treated in the group. However, bashing the other members is not helpful
Also, yall are so selfish and don’t stand for anything to realize that a boycott isn’t to hurt the girls, it’s to send a message to HxG that this is not ok to treat one of the members of the group like this. But instead yall showed them what they already knew, yall do not give a single fuck about Black people, period. I hope everyone is proud of themselves for that fact I really truly do. I’m honestly disappointed and disgusted in just a lot of what’s been happening over the past few weeks not just in here but all over the internet. With this lack of transparency and Geffen’s history, this absolutely has a chance of happening again if she truly is out of the group. It should truly be 6 or nothing besides when injury or personal time off, etc.
Last point, if someone told me that this group was a social experiment to see if POC solidarity is possible I’d believe it. The anti blackness, anti Asian sentiments, the anti Indian sentiments, from all different sides has just been sickening honestly. Everyone, including a lot of Black folks got a ways to go.
PS: You being black, fully or mixed being ok with how this treatment of Manon is just a sign that you need to talk to someone about not liking the skin you are in and you need to unpack that.