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Zayn Malik Just Bluntly Called Out The Racism He Experienced During His One Direction Days, So Here’s A Reminder Of How Horrific It Was


“People were absolutely vile and nothing was ever said or done about it.”

Twitter: @ZJMCRAVE “Zayn was literally branded a ter*orist at 17. He posted ‘Eid Mubarak’ & white fans told him to stop pushing Islam. He was constantly exoticized only praised when he looked ‘less brown,’ mocked when he looked ‘too Muslim,’” one viral X post read, while one more user recalled, “I remember when he tweeted free Palestine and everyone started being a weirdo.”

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