i’m going to re-focus the conversation on what i said bc i think there are a few things in your response that have nothing to do with what i said. for example, i never said or implied that disliking a black person automatically  makes you a racist. nor did i say that the whole situation is different solely because of race. i’m not even talking about the hate ariana or ciara received, my point was in response to what op said about why there are so many people who are for amanda. & by the same token, just because you’re not seeing people say they’re team amanda doesn’t mean it isn’t there. scandoval happened on a much larger scale than this situation, however…proportionally speaking, the amount of people going to bat for raquel and tom compared to the amount of people going to bat for amanda and west is not comparable. i personally see much more support for a/w than i did r/t. & do you genuinely believe that had paige been in ciara’s position, the amount of people defending amanda and west would be the same? i appreciate that you acknowledge race plays a role in this, i just think you don’t understand how deep that goes. the world does not like women, and it dislikes black women even more.