J Balvin Apologizes For Racist & Sexist Music Video
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Reggeaton artist, J. Balvin is apologizing for a racist and sexist video that has his fan base very offended.
Balvin’s video for “Perra” shows Black women on leashes and being treated as dogs. The video features female artist Tokischa, who is seen in a dog house and eating from a dog bowl.
This is absolutely disturbing, but forget him (J Balvin) what’s more disturbing to me is the fact that these women allowed him to put the leashes on them. Video or no video. They only gonna do to us what we allow them to do. We’ve gotta do better by ourselves. Respect ourselves! pic.twitter.com/8OwM5155ga
— Just Darlene (@DarleneMilare) October 25, 2021
The video has a canine theme, however many fans say the video is in poor taste. Colombian Vice President and Chancellor Marta Lucia Ramirez even called out Balvin for the visual.
J Balvin Apologizes For Displaying Black Women as Dogs On Leashes in His ‘Perra’ Music Video pic.twitter.com/N6qX3tUY24
— DomisLive NEWS (@domislivenews) October 26, 2021
“That’s not who I am. I’m about tolerance, love and inclusivity. I also like to support new artists, in this case Tokischa, a woman who supports her people, her community and also empowers women,” Balvin said in an Instagram video (October 24th). The video has since been taken down.
@JBALVIN You can apologize all you want, but it does not erase the fact that you dressed up black women to look like dogs and put collars on them. How could you not know this was wrong? Talk about racist symbology. I will never forget.
— Dinah Perez (@DinahLatinx21) October 25, 2021
