Online racists have managed to hide their hateful comments behind social media’s cloak of anonymity, but Skai Jackson is ready to reveal them now.
The 18-year-old Disney star has been outing racists, most of them teenagers, on her Twitter account in recent days while posting their offending content.
So far, she even garnered a response from New Jersey’s Rowan University, which pledged to investigate the student she posted about.
Out in the open: Disney channel star Skai Jackson, 18, shared racist posts she’d collected from teens across the country as she outed their behavior to high schools and universities; pictured in February
Skai revealed her strategy about sharing racist remarks and posts in a text post on her Twitter and Instagram.
‘During this sensitive time, I’ve seen some horrific statements and social media videos made by some Caucasian teens/young adults,’ she began her statement.
‘Let me say this: If I see you post it, I WILL expose you!! If you think you’re big and bad enough to say it, I will most definitely put your own words on blast!!
The actress also warned the subjects of her venom not to complain about their racist statements being made public.
Put on notice: Skai revealed her strategy about sharing racist remarks and posts in a text post on her Twitter and Instagram. She urged racists not to claim she bullied them
Don’t bother: ‘Don’t reach out to my team accusing me of bullying and causing you pain! How do you think your words affect my people?! Your privilege won’t get you out of this one. So no!!!’ she wrote; shown in February
‘Don’t reach out to my team accusing me of bullying and causing you pain! How do you think your words affect my people?! Your privilege won’t get you out of this one. So no!!!’ she continued.
‘I will NOT take it down! Next time, think about what you say! I will never condone racist remarks/quotes/slander etc. You’re the real bullies! You’re victimizers, not the victims! Go boo hoo somewhere else!’ she concluded, adding the hashtag ‘#BlackLivesMatter.’
‘Cry me a river!’ she captioned the Instagram post from Tuesday.
She seemed stunned at the number of offensive posts that had been shared with her by Friday.
‘I’m trying to expose as many racist as I can today but my ig dms are full and keep coming in,’ she wrote, adding a crying emoji. ‘wow, I can’t believe this many people or that ignorant.[sic]’
Overwhelming: The actress got such an overwhelming response that she couldn’t even post all the racist material sent to her
Private: Though she shared people’s identities, social media accounts and schools or places of employment, she didn’t want to reveal their addresses
Good sign: Though she’d only been collecting racist posts for a few days, Skai had already gotten some positive responses from schools and universities claiming that they would investigate; pictured in November
Though the Marvel Rising voice actor’s actions could technically count as doxxing, a term for releasing a person’s private information online, she made sure to avoid sharing anything too personal.
‘Please don’t send me anyone’s address,’ she tweeted. ‘I won’t be posting that.. these people have said horrible things but posting someone’s address is going a little too far. Let’s hope they all live, and learn from this situation and educate themselves.’
Though she’d only been collecting racist posts for a few days, Skai had already gotten some positive responses from schools and universities claiming that they would investigate.
New Jersey’s Rowan University replied to one post about a student, writing, ‘We do not condone discrimination, harassment, or other forms of illegal mistreatment of others.’
The university’s account said the original poster would be investigated ‘to the fullest extent possible … by administration.’
An account for Utah’s Weber State University also said that a racist video had been referred ‘to the appropriate offices on campus to look into the matter further.’
It’s a start: New Jersey’s Rowan University and Utah’s Weber State University were among the school social media accounts that pledged to investigate racist posts
Committed: Though she received positive responses from some schools, the Bunk’d star urged them not to just sweep the accusations under the rug
Though she received positive responses from some schools, the Bunk’d star urged them not to just sweep the accusations under the rug.
‘To all the colleges who we contacted about the students they have being racist, please don’t just say you are going to look into it.. we gave you the information, please do the work!’
Her actions earned her praise from other celebrities, including Glee’s Kevin McHale and Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown.
‘The good work you’re doing exposing all these “baby” racists will ensure that their names, faces & deeds will be known as they enter the work force down the line,’ wrote Brown, ‘Which will protect everyone from the havoc racists cause in the workplace.’
McHale simply thanked the actress for her work and wrote ‘this s*** it award winning.’
Big fans: Her actions earned her praise from other celebrities, including Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown and Glee’s Kevin McHale
Safe (work) space: Brown praised Jackson and said exposing ‘baby racists’ would ‘protect everyone from the havoc racists cause in the workplace’