{"id":41869,"date":"2018-06-07T05:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T05:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/04\/12\/american-idol-fans-dont-like-results-cry-racist-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2018-06-07T05:39:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T05:39:58","slug":"american-idol-fans-dont-like-results-cry-racist-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/41869","title":{"rendered":"American Idol fans don’t like results, cry ‘RACIST!’ on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ChenCervantes\/status\/190608225849196544\n

Sigh. There’s no escaping politics — even on singing contest TV shows. While many viewers tune in to Fox’s American Idol to escape the cable news gab-fests, a stubborn segment of the audience can’t help but see political\/ideological goblins lurking in every corner. Tonight, the show ended in a dramatic (producer-contrived or not? who knows?<\/a>) moment for popular top contestant Jessica Sanchez. The California teen, who happens to be part-Filipina, part-Mexican, ranked in the bottom three of seven according to America’s votes. She was forced to sing in a bid for mercy (a “save”) from the judges. They rushed on stage to rescue her from the indignity and used their one-time-only waiver to allow her to compete next week.<\/p>\n\n\n

@iammichfrias It was a really emotional moment wasn't it? #idol<\/a><\/p>\n

— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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I love you guys so much! You really are the most amazing supporters a gal can have. <3 Mwah! :*<\/p>\n

— Jessica Sanchez (@JessicaESanchez) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sanchez is phenomenally talented, but her bland personality is overshadowed by some of the older, more seasoned, or more charismatic contestants. Another possible factor: Male contestants tend to fare better on the show because of their more ardent female fan bases. There hasn’t been a female winner in five seasons.<\/p>\n

But never mind those inconvenient factors.<\/p>\n

AI watchers rushed to Twitter to play the race card, with a few rare, level-headed exceptions. So much for post-racial America!<\/p>\n\n\n

America is racist… How did jessica sanchez almost go home… WTF<\/p>\n

— TEK. ABERE (@iWantFufu) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MarkBrainard\/status\/190634942399647744<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Tpk1987\/status\/190629771691032578<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

F*ck you all racist! Jessica sanchez must stay.<\/p>\n

— Phoinggg… (@phoichan) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EBBrich\/status\/190637349779144704<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Zee_Beydoun\/status\/190606129569607681<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/applegrace\/status\/190628458844528640<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Dear America, please vote for Jessica Sanchez. Don't be such a racist<\/p>\n

— Jessa Mendoza (@jessannexoxo) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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soo um.. after my dad heard that jessica sanchez was bout to go home, he legit accused american idol of being racist. SHUT UP DAD.<\/p>\n

— Nicole Garbanzos (@MiaNickyBelle) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jessica Sanchez won't win simply because America will vote her off. NO ASIAN\/PART-ASIAN has won or will win AI. It's called musical racism.<\/p>\n

— Cholo Garcia (@CholoMGarcia) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jessica Sanchez incident:racism is still evident in American society.Other than that, I don't see other reasons why she should be voted out.<\/p>\n

— Tush Gumpal ☂ (@thevintagebomb) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aw Jessica Sanchez almost got booted. I'm not surprised, there's no way someone excellent but from the cultural minority can win AI. #racism<\/a><\/p>\n

— Arvin Jeremy A. (@arvinkulit) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Queenbhie\/status\/190745406135730176<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

The eff! Jessica Sanchez eliminated but saved? She shouldn't be in the bottom three in the first place. Racist.<\/p>\n

— Rika Murase (@rikamurase) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jessica Sanchez- she must win. AMERICANS? Y U RACIST?<\/p>\n

— ♠♣♥♦ Nicollo Henson (@CholoHenson) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jessica Sanchez won't win because she isn't white." this is racist!<\/p>\n

— zhazha matol (@zsharmela) April 13, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/ChenCervantes\/status\/190608225849196544 Sigh. There’s no escaping politics — even on singing contest TV shows. While many viewers tune in to Fox’s American Idol to escape the cable news gab-fests, a stubborn segment of the audience can’t help but see political\/ideological goblins lurking in every corner. Tonight, the show ended in a dramatic (producer-contrived or not? who knows?) … Continue reading American Idol fans don’t like results, cry ‘RACIST!’ on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/15282852022421-zz31e79748.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}