![]() ![]() Podcast host and content creator Soogia ( posted a video on TikTok the same day Cuario did, also in response to Barkis’s alleged apology. “‘As I am Filipino’ so now you wanna add that in,” commented. “I wish she does not mention Filipino, i feel embarrassed,” replied. “I assumed she wasn’t raised by her Filipino side coz if she was She will not embarrassed herself like that,” wrote. And many are showing their disappointment that Barkis identifies as Filipino American. She’s done plenty of damage for herself, but for anybody else, if you do something racist, just take ownership of it ’cause you look mad bobo.” Bobo is a Tagalog word that translates to “stupid” or “foolish” in English.įellow TikTok users, particularly Filipino Americans, are responding to Cuario’s video. Don’t send her any hate, it’s not worth your time. “But you know what, don’t bother with her. “‘I’ve got a lot of internalized racism to undo,’ that’s what you should’ve said,” Cuario says. ![]() “I hope you guys understand now that I am not, at all, racist,” Barkis concludes in her apology. ![]() “There’s just no way you can be part of the culture and behave in that way.” “To spout all that hate about Asians being illegals… My husband’s Filipino family at every family function literally will talk about their grandparents’ struggles coming to this country and having all the roadblocks of being recognized as legal immigrants,” Cuario explains. On May 19, Korean American creator Ellena Cuario ( shared her thoughts about Barkis’s apology, including what she felt was a disingenuous, sudden effort to show an allyship with the Asian American community by stating that she’s part Asian herself. “And I definitely don’t condone any violence or racism against anyone in this world.” “I would also like to apologize for any offense to the Asian community as I am half Filipino,” Barkis reveals in her apology. She urged audiences to understand that they lack “the full story” here.Ĭontent creators, specifically creators of color, have taken to TikTok to share their reactions to Barkis’s apology, as well as point out the ways in which she fails to genuinely own up to her racist actions. In a now deleted Instagram post, Barkis both apologized for and defended some of her actions. Based on pictures attached to some TikTok videos, Barkis allegedly physically assaulted other people at the scene. She then shoves him into oncoming traffic on the freeway. “You hit my car! So where is your insurance? Where is your insurance? Do you have a driver’s license? Are you from America? Do you even have papers? Are you legal to be here?”Īs the man goes to give her his driver’s license, Barkis knocks it out of his hands and strikes him. “Where is your insurance? You hit my car! I don’t give a f*** about this b****!” Barkis yells. ![]()
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