TikTok star Anna Shumate apologizes for offensive \u2018dark humor\u2019 jokes Instagram: Anna ShumateControversial TikTok star Anna Shumate apologized for making racist comments about African-Americans and Jewish people, acknowledging they were well beyond \u201cdark humor\u201d jokes. Earlier this week, Anna Shumate came under fire to make anti-Semitic and racist comments on her secondary TikTok account. Some fans brushed it off as \u2018dark humor,\u2019 while others claimed it was highly offensive. Either way, it was a controversial issue that took social media by storm. Now, she\u2019s finally come forward and admitted it was wrong, apologizing to everyone she offended. She also announced that she\u2019d be taking an extended break from social media but will proactively work to try and right her wrongs. \u201c[I want to apologize] again and [tell] you that I will be taking a break from social media,\u201d she said. \u201cI will be answering my DMs and talking to people one on one. If you want to reach out to me, you can.\u201d Anna explained that she\u2019d been talking to some of the people she offended and \u201cresponding and listening\u201d because \u201cthat\u2019s what [she] wants to do.\u201d She also promised to post about them on social media and do her part in \u201cspreading awareness.\u201d \u201cIt was not right what I said, and I hope the people that said it was okay for me to say it understand that it really wasn\u2019t and all of these topics are very sensitive topics for people, and I am deeply sorry to everybody that I have offended.\u201d In addition to her apology, she also posted a series of videos talking about all the issues she \u2018joked\u2019 about. It included everything from antisemitism, racism, and self-harm to women\u2019s rights. Fans have had mixed reactions to her apology. Some claimed she\u2019s only apologizing because she got called out and believe she\u2019s only doing it to save face. Others think it\u2019s a step in the right direction, at the very least, and hope it was an important lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok star Anna Shumate apologizes for offensive \u2018dark humor\u2019 jokes Instagram: Anna ShumateControversial TikTok star Anna Shumate apologized for making racist comments about African-Americans and Jewish people, acknowledging they were well beyond \u201cdark humor\u201d jokes. Earlier this week, Anna Shumate came under fire to make anti-Semitic and racist comments on her secondary TikTok account. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}