“And,” Alina added, “how it’s used to discriminate and demean people.”Īlina claimed that she thought of the slur as “more as a cuss word and like an exclamation” and “didn’t know it was used to attack people.” “But at the time I didn’t fully know America’s history with racism and how bad that word is,” she continued. “Again, I knew that the n-word wasn’t a good word,” Alina cknowledged. She accused that blogger of having fabricated the posts using photo editing software.Īlina explained in the video that her initial reaction was that she was “panicked and got scared.”

To her, writing the word with the letter Q and ending it with the -A suffix was like “dang or darn instead of s–t and shoot.”Īlina also clarified that her infamous beardy “thug” makeup was not blackface (true) or intended to be a racist caricature.Īnother major sticking point, beyond the initial racism scandal, was that Alina initially claimed to blogger Mommy Says Bad Words that the posts weren’t hers. She used the “qq” letters to replace the “gg” in the slur at one point, which seemed like an acknowledgment that she knew to not use it.Īlina explained in the video that she had seen the Q-variant on Facebook and thought that it was a “better way” to say the word.Īlina elaborated, explaining that she knew that the word was bad, but did not understand the history behind it. One of the biggest issues with Alina’s initial explanation, that as a Russian she had not known how bad the N-word was, was her alternate spelling.

She also tried to explain … which, perhaps some people needed, but it was also where others felt that she went astray. “I acknowledge my fault and, once again, I am truly, sincerely sorry,” Alina emphasized.Īlina also made a promise to work on her ignorance and to educate herself.īut her nearly hour-long YouTube video obviously included more than a simple apology. “I won’t ever use any of these derogatory words again,” she vowed. “I never wanted to hurt anyone at all, and I am extremely sorry I did,” Alina expressed. She said that it took her a while to think on what exactly she should say.Īt the same time, Alina added that she was “told to keep silent and not say anything.” In a YouTube video that Alina shared this week, she explained why she hadn’t come out with this apology weeks ago. Some worry that she’s just making more excuses. TLC vowed to edit her story out of the rest of the season, an unprecedented extra step that they have yet to make good upon.Īlina, who initially denied that her racist posts were real, initially apologized … but sent mixed signals in the worst way. 90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days star Alina Kasha was fired following a disturbing racism scandal and hefty backlash.

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