Fiona Metcalfe 🧡

This viral tweet and accompanying video is a textbook example of how racists distort and manipulate media to incite pile-ons. Their target seems to be a lovely young woman but she isn't white and that's all the excuse these racists need. Here's the truth behind the video: /1

This is the heavily edited and distorted video accompanying the tweet. It features two young women, Chloe and Shauna. A very despondent Chloe starts out by saying she's in a homeless hub for the last 5 months. Then it cuts to a smiley Shauna saying she got a place to live.

The most popular reply on the tweet is this one, quote: "Could the black girl have shown any less class or guilt. The glee and entitlement reached epic proportions." Not happy that the "black girl" had just listened to the "white girl" and showed no empathy or class.

There's thousands of replies in a similar vein across the many QT's of the video. People furious the "black girl" listened to the struggles of the "Irish girl" and still sat there smiling, indifferent to her misery. Except that's not what happened, not even remotely.

Shauna spoke first on the programme. Chloe spoke afterwards. Shauna hadn't heard about Chloe's struggles when she was smiling about getting a place of her own. Far-right dipshits edited the video into appearing like Chloe spoke first, to create that illusion of indifference.

Bigots are sharing this image or meme or whatever it's called. On the left it has a photo of Shauna and says "I was given a house by the State". On the right it has a photo of Chloe and says "I was fucked into a homeless shelter." Brazen lies and distortion of facts.

The reason Shauna and Chloe seated together is BOTH young mothers were living in homeless hubs with their children. Shauna for close to 2 years and Chloe for the last 5 months. They told a near-identical story of how it feels to be a struggling young mam in that situation.

Throughout the interview they supported each other with head nods and audible "mhmm" agreements. When Shauna said she had nowhere to put up a Christmas tree, Chloe said 'mhmm' and nodded her head. When Chloe said she had nowhere to put up a Christmas tree, Shauna did too.

Incidentally Shauna didn't "get a house", as bigots keep saying. She got a tiny co-op apartment and has two small children, which isn't a set-up that all single mothers may find suitable. Chloe's little boy has complex health issues and such a set-up may not suit his needs.

If people are of the opinion those mothers found themselves homeless due to policy decisions, there's an election upcoming. At least one alternative, to the unapologetic racism of "blame the black girl", is to vote for someone that may do better on housing. It's not her fault.

Those two young women came across wonderfully well but only one of them is getting abuse. That's because of brazen distortions, manipulation and lies of bigots sharing videos. It's not fair and it's not ok. I wish both women and their children a good and healthy Christmas 🙏

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