You’re going to need to sit down for this one. Viral TikTok influencer and artist Hannah Polskin, a white woman, has gone viral after showing off what users on the app are calling out as a “slavery-themed” bathroom… We WISH this was an exaggeration.
In a since-deleted video, Hannah gave her 44.5 thousand followers a tour of the bathroom in question, which features a collection of items that feel more and more racist as you go: a photo of boxer Muhammad Ali (inspiring), African tribal masks (eccentric), an afro pick (way odd for a white woman), and worst of all, a toilet paper holder made of chains (WTF). Related: Prince William & King Charles In Crisis Mode After ‘Royal Racist’ Names Leak! TikToker @maryjblogs said the design choice was “some of the craziest s**t” she’d ever seen on the app, giving her own followers a glimpse of the controversial bathroom in a stitch: A second TikToker, @sarahbearaahh, added in her own video: She added in her caption she thought users were “reaching” — until she saw it for herself.
Same, girl! A third, @jpgeez, analyzed the video asking, “Did someone ask you to style the bathroom like this?” Adding: Commenters agreed over how controversial the design is: As of now, it does not appear that Hannah has addressed the controversy.
If she’s trying to make some kind of artistic statement, it isn’t coming across — largely perhaps as she doesn’t feel like the appropriate person to make it.
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