South Asians Respond To Azealia Banks’ Racial Slur With Awesome Hashtag

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A number of South Asian women have hit back at Azealia Banks after her string of racist tweets last week.

As well as referring to him as a ‘Punjab’ and a ‘sand n****’,  she called him a ‘curry scented bitch’. But, in response to the rapper’s awful remarks, South Asian women are now turning the slur on its head, reports Dazed.

A number of women have been using #curryscentedbitch to share photos on social media, with model Tris Dhaliwal tweeting:

Alongside a set of similar pictures, singer Bambi tweeted: “Oops @AZEALIABANKS another proud #curryscentedbitch right here.”

While @coconutxqueen went with: “#curryscentedbitch and harry’s lovin it.”

The hashtag has also been trending on  Instagram:

Wont you look at that. #curryscentedbitch ??

A photo posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀R U M A | B E G U M (@rumastyles) on May 11, 2016 at 8:15pm PDT

Patakka Guddi ?? #curryscentedbitch

A photo posted by Asees Kaur (@asees_khera) on May 16, 2016 at 3:35am PDT

A photo posted by It’s John John Bitch ?? (@dopeitsdaniel) on May 16, 2016 at 2:34am PDT

This #curryscentedbitch just hit 10,000 followers!!! Thank you all for the support and shout out to all my beautiful brown sistas. Curry scented goddesses ✨ . This sari is from @silksupply

A photo posted by @aankita.b on May 11, 2016 at 3:02pm PDT

A photo posted by curryscentedbitch (@curryscentedbitches) on May 14, 2016 at 9:42pm PDT

Although Banks has now apologised for her remarks, Rinse FM have cancelled her headline appearance at Born & Bred, and she is under investigation by the Home Office and could still be banned from the UK.

A photo posted by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanks) on May 14, 2016 at 3:52pm PDT

Could be a case of too little, too late…

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