A former Miss Universe Malaysia received backlash after publishing a series of disparaging Instagram posts about the protests over the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose neck was kneeled on for over 8 minutes by a White police officer.
Samanatha Katie James, who is Malaysian, Chinese, and Brazilian but identifies as White, called the protesters “foolish humans,” saying that their reactions mean that “the ‘Whites’ won.”
Today, she apologized on Instagram , saying “I do hear you. I’m sorry….