{"id":220051,"date":"2019-12-04T17:59:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/waka-flocka-flame-says-gabrielle-union-agt-firing-racist-wants-boycott"},"modified":"2019-12-04T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:59:26","slug":"waka-flocka-flame-says-gabrielle-union-agt-firing-racist-wants-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/waka-flocka-flame-says-gabrielle-union-agt-firing-racist-wants-boycott","title":{"rendered":"Waka Flocka Flame Says Gabrielle Union &#039;AGT&#039; Firing Racist, Wants Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-132096\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.0810074881\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.1931649331\">\n<section id=\"cb-d2250e60fbfcc7fb3aad585513be0889\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-59d19489-5d42-5e37-b50d-5ce087599c2d-1920175649-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/120419-waka-flocka-1-4688129-0-bv4ptcs0\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-59d19489-5d42-5e37-b50d-5ce087599c2d-1920175649-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"atlanta\" alt=\"atlanta\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Waka-Flocka-Flame-Says-Gabrielle-Union-039AGT039-Firing-Racist-Wants-Boycott.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-06afe6ea10ae2f5615a0feb822c77a4f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30.2941176471\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/waka-flocka-flame\/\"><strong>Waka Flocka Flame<\/strong><\/a> believes there were clear racial motives behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gabrielle-union\/\"><strong>Gabrielle Union<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s \u2018AGT\u2019 firing, and says it\u2019s now on the black community to stop supporting companies that have problems with the culture.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0464fb73b41db0d237fbaecc448b2f33\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Gabrielle\u2019s feud with \u2018AGT\u2019 is striking a chord with Waka, and he unloaded when we got him in Atlanta \u2014 telling us he\u2019s proud of Gabrielle for speaking out about what was allegedly going down at \u2018AGT.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d7719647b692a34d2a5df9a0c3b0b112\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33.313253012\">\n<p>As you know \u2026 Gabrielle feels she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/11\/29\/jay-leno-agt-racist-joke-gabrielle-union-alonzo-bodden-comedian\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/11\/29\/jay-leno-agt-racist-joke-gabrielle-union-alonzo-bodden-comedian\/\"><strong>given the boot<\/strong><\/a> because she complained to NBC and \u2018AGT\u2019 producers about racially insensitive situations on set \u2014 including producers giving her excessive notes about her hair, wardrobe and physical appearance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4ccc8ae4d25458f998985c43a4bbb616\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Waka says Gabby\u2019s a role model \u2014 because black people in similar situations need to push back and stand up for themselves when someone asks them to change who they are.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-35be13859c4053811b79e0fb644148d0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b16ad42f-edf5-5e03-a09c-4fa130a277ce-1793069162-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/120219-jay-leno-4685459-0-tkq2ntnv\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b16ad42f-edf5-5e03-a09c-4fa130a277ce-1793069162-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Flocka\" alt=\"Flocka\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1575500207_703_Waka-Flocka-Flame-Says-Gabrielle-Union-039AGT039-Firing-Racist-Wants-Boycott.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">@LionsShareNews<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2c52a505f64eac896196b8d5ef68c6d5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.4331550802\">\n<p>Gabrielle also had issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jay-leno\/\"><strong>Jay Leno<\/strong><\/a> joking about Koreans eating dogs while he was guest judging. Jay won\u2019t say if the joke is racist, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/02\/jay-leno-gabrielle-union-agt-firing-korean-dogs-joke\/\"><strong>been mostly mum<\/strong><\/a> on the whole controversy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-51a0ad6216ba34e3e031e39ceee18039\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"36\">\n<p>We ask Waka if we\u2019re living in a society that treats racism as a joke, and he says anyone over 40 who is still acting racist is \u201cf***ed up,\u201d and needs to stop teaching racism to younger generations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-62c5206409f0b158b61ecdfdd48dd272\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Pretty fascinating conversation, and Waka doesn\u2019t hold back at all.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/04\/waka-flocka-flame-gabrielle-union-agt-firing-racist-racism-jay-leno\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/waka-flocka-flame-says-gabrielle-union-agt-firing-racist-wants-boycott\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive Waka Flocka Flame believes there were clear racial motives behind Gabrielle Union\u2018s \u2018AGT\u2019 firing, and says it\u2019s now on the black community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}