Brooke Schofield and Alix Earle Targeted in Same Week Over Racist Posts

This week has been rough for social media influencers involved in controversies over past racist and derogatory posts. TikTok creators Brooke Schofield and Alix Earle have faced backlash due to resurfaced posts from years ago.

Brooke Schofield, with 2.2 million followers, has publicly apologized three times to address several controversial posts she made as a teenager. Among them was a post in which she defended George Zimmerman’s killing of Trayvon Martin, a Black 17-year-old whose 2012 death ignited the Black Lives Matter movement.

Schofield co-hosts the podcast Canceled with YouTuber Tana Mongeau. Mongeau herself faced temporary backlash in 2020 for racist behavior following the death of George Floyd. Despite the controversy, their podcast tour will still proceed as planned this fall. Though Schofield’s follower count saw a slight dip after her latest apology, it remains largely unchanged according to SocialBlade.

Meanwhile, lifestyle creator Alix Earle, who has 7.1 million followers on TikTok, has not commented publicly after posts from ASKfm surfaced showing her using the n-word in responses to friends’ questions back in 2014. As of now, neither Schofield nor Earle have responded to requests for comment.

Earle continues to create content, despite the allegations. The silence following these controversies raises questions about long-term repercussions for such influencers.

Cameron Kira, an African American TikTok creator, drew attention with a viral video last year addressing how white creators often do not face lasting consequences after their racist remarks are exposed. She reposted the video recently, directing it toward Schofield. The clip, featuring her drinking out of a cup and metaphorically “spilling tea,” underlines a recurring issue.

“Your favorite white creator just had their racist tweets released and what’s funny about that statement is… I could say that statement every single year from now until the day I die and it will always be applicable because it happens every single year,” Kira noted.

Read more at The Daily Beast.