Controversies and criticism
It has been criticized for the possibility of it being tied to cultural appropriation. [3] The song and its video have been the subject of online discourse, such as the song title's supposed connotations of white pride and white privilege. [2]
Some extremists also used "White Boy Summer" as their reaction to oppose political events, such as the Black Lives Matter protests. They used the term to refer to a utopia or war against their enemies. [4] Among them was the white nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes, who used it as a slogan to disrupt an event hosted by the Conservative Political Action Conference with his followers. [5] Hanks has condemned the phrase's hijacking by extremists, and said it was meant "to be fun, playful and a celebration of fly white boys who love beautiful queens of every race". [6] [7]
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