Comedian Nicole Byer, host of Netflix's Nailed It!, has come out swinging against apathetic viewers that don't want to mix her happy bake-off competition with issues of racism.
In a new Instagram post, Byer pointed out the hypocrisy of fans that "allow your kid to watch me but not stand up for me."
In an effort to engage white kids — and their parents — Byer wrote out a speech to read to children about Black Lives Matter, police brutality and the wave of protests across the world sparked by the death of George Floyd and countless other Black people.
Read the explanation below:
You like this black lady right? She's silly? She makes you tee hee hee? You would be sad if a police officer hurt her right? Well this is the current country we live in where someone you like can be hurt by the color of their skin and people in charge aren't doing a fucking (you can replace that with dang if ya kids are soft) thing about it. So they are protesting, and the looters... well some of it is staged as a distraction some are opportunistic and some are people who've been oppressed for so long it bursts. And nice cops? There are no nice cops because if a cop was nice they wouldn't watch and participate in violence against black and brown people. If cops were really nice they would have spoken out about police brutality years ago and maybe walked out on their precincts to send a message that they are against this. Instead they dress up like your GI Joe doll and are very mean.
The curfews the helicopters the police in riot gear is all because black people have asked to not be killed... that's it. There's literally nothing else to it. Now once a week let's read about shit (stuff for the soft kids) that happens to black people that doesn't get covered in schools like Juneteenth, black Wall Street, how black people have influenced most of pop culture today and aren't credited or it's just co-oped... and if you do this post about. Post about the black history you teach your white kid to maybe inspire another white parent to do the same thing. There I did it you can read it verbatim to your kids. Also I'm open to any additions. Raise kids who give a fuck and you gotta give a fuck
Nailed It! returned to Netflix for Season 4 back in early April. In 2018, around the time the show first started airing, Byer recalled a number of incidents involving the series in which she — the host of the show — experienced racism on her own set.
Read her post about Black Lives Matter below.
In a new Instagram post, Byer pointed out the hypocrisy of fans that "allow your kid to watch me but not stand up for me."
In an effort to engage white kids — and their parents — Byer wrote out a speech to read to children about Black Lives Matter, police brutality and the wave of protests across the world sparked by the death of George Floyd and countless other Black people.
Read the explanation below:
You like this black lady right? She's silly? She makes you tee hee hee? You would be sad if a police officer hurt her right? Well this is the current country we live in where someone you like can be hurt by the color of their skin and people in charge aren't doing a fucking (you can replace that with dang if ya kids are soft) thing about it. So they are protesting, and the looters... well some of it is staged as a distraction some are opportunistic and some are people who've been oppressed for so long it bursts. And nice cops? There are no nice cops because if a cop was nice they wouldn't watch and participate in violence against black and brown people. If cops were really nice they would have spoken out about police brutality years ago and maybe walked out on their precincts to send a message that they are against this. Instead they dress up like your GI Joe doll and are very mean.
The curfews the helicopters the police in riot gear is all because black people have asked to not be killed... that's it. There's literally nothing else to it. Now once a week let's read about shit (stuff for the soft kids) that happens to black people that doesn't get covered in schools like Juneteenth, black Wall Street, how black people have influenced most of pop culture today and aren't credited or it's just co-oped... and if you do this post about. Post about the black history you teach your white kid to maybe inspire another white parent to do the same thing. There I did it you can read it verbatim to your kids. Also I'm open to any additions. Raise kids who give a fuck and you gotta give a fuck
Nailed It! returned to Netflix for Season 4 back in early April. In 2018, around the time the show first started airing, Byer recalled a number of incidents involving the series in which she — the host of the show — experienced racism on her own set.
Read her post about Black Lives Matter below.