Itâs décor to deplore.
Bushels of cotton. Monkeys hanging from tree limbs. And a mounted dead deer.
The no-good home goods adorned a now-disentitled rental property, which has been deemed âwickedâ and âdiabolicalâ for its racially offensive overtones.
âSouthern Airbnb core,â wrote Erica Watkins, 23, a beauty content creator, in the closed captions of a buzzy bulletin.
Visuals of foul furnishings scared up a staggering 2.2 million TikTok views from outraged critics, who condemned the unidentified homeowners for trivializing historically harmful injustices against Black Americans.
Cotton virtually symbolizes slavery in the US. And the plushies dangling from trees mimic the many lynching murders of men, women and children of color.
âItâs giving âGet Out,ââ spat an online onlooker, likening the distasteful trappings to director Jordan Peeleâs 2019 race relations thriller.
âThey changed the décor JUST for you boo,â another wrote, warning Watkins â a Black woman â of the allegedly intentional abuse.
âRun girl,â a concerned commenter encouraged.
Unfortunately, insulting slights against specific communities continue to trend.
Several staffers at Royall Elementary School in Florence, South Carolina were fired after dressing in stereotypical Mexican clothing and posing as Border Patrol agents during an on-campus event last week.
And the ever-controversial âparody of the Last Supperâ during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics â the taboo tableau that featured men in drag â ignited flames of fury from faith-based bodies worldwide.
âThere are 2.4 billion Christians on earth,” tweeted an incensed X user, âand apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them right out of the gate NOT WELCOME.â
This is crazy. Opening your event by replacing Jesus and the disciples at the The Last Supper with men in drag. There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wanted to declare loudly to all of them, right out of the gate
NOT WELCOME pic.twitter.com/T88AmXbqXL
— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) July 26, 2024
Watkins, too, felt she was person non-grata in the rental residence.
The Gen Z ultimately (and safely) left the property â but not before reporting the incivilities to Airbnb headquarters.
âUpdate,â Watkins wrote in the comments section of her post. âAirbnb reached out and removed the listing.â