Do you think it’s offensive?
Gigi Hadid has come under fire after her sister Bella posted a video of her on Instagram.
The video shows Gigi and friends dining in an Asian restaurant celebrating a birthday when the model picks up a Buddha cookie and squints her eyes.
While the video was deleted from Bella’s account it was reuploaded by several others on social media.
this is y'all woke palestine queen? Gigi out here mocking Asian people. i would say she's cancelled but she never started. rat @GiGiHadid pic.twitter.com/b6wj5k1sXE
— . (@hvrrystime) February 5, 2017
Deleting the video hasn’t stopped twitter and Instagram users from accusing Gigi of being racist for mocking Asian people.
https://twitter.com/egxzl/status/828461417288388609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/ExposingGigi/status/828257350125494273
gigi is a racist!Why do people say "she was joking"?I mean the fact that she found someones appearance funny enough to joke about is racist.
— 𝙃𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 🍉 (@txtbztannies) February 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/ROADBLCCK/status/828554889991114752
Gigi's first reaction to seeing the cookie was to mock it's eyes as a "joke," if that isn't racist then idk what to tell you lmao.
— 𝙝 ! (@gyllenhs) February 6, 2017
Ok Gigi Hadid has seriously fucked up by mocking Asian people like wtf!!👀😠
— pariss💜 (@parissr98) February 6, 2017
People took particular issue with the fact that she was mocking Asian people, considering her boyfriend Zayn Malik is of Asian decent.
https://twitter.com/EmiAlday/status/828575160982654977
https://twitter.com/glorydaysnjh/status/828562999069650944
Gigi is such a hypocrite. I know that it might just be a joke but it is still offending for others! Racism is not cool. Btw Zayn is Asian!!😡
— I MISS ZAYN (@mkrloveszayn) February 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/KCaparon/status/828606278628945920
Some fans of the model sisters stuck up for the girls claiming that people were overreacting.
Gigi has been accused of being racist a few times in the past, most recently with an impression of Melania Trump at the American Music Awards.
https://twitter.com/TheFactsOfShade/status/800510380271226882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
What do you make of the video? Do you think it was just Gigi having fun or do you think she was mocking Asian people’s appearance?
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