Contemporary Christian Artist Jamie Grace Loses Thousands Of Followers For Sharing On Racism
Written by Heartsong Live on 17th July 2020
Popular Christian singer and YouTube star Jamie Grace has been vocal about her encounters with racism and on Monday she revealed she’d lost followers because of her outspokenness.
“I lost about 3,000 twitter followers after sharing my personal stories as a victim of racism and articles about things like white privilege and how to be anti-racist,” Grace tweeted to her hundreds of thousands of followers.
She expressed gratitude to those who had stuck with her on the platform and said “So to everyone that’s still here… thank you… and… Nothing’s changed on my end!! Still black!”
Grace is one of the few black singers who has had success in Christian contemporary music, whose audiences are predominantly white. Last month, she shared that after a few weeks of posting about racism, it has come to her attention that many of her supporters and friends did not realize racism still existed.
The singer added to her initial tweet that although she’s lost followers on that social media platform, she’s gained others on its competitor platform.
She said, “I should also note that in the land of opposites, my insta has grown significantly over the last few months!”
Most recently, she shared her experiences of racism in the church.
“If I had known Jamie Grace was black, I definitely would not have brought her here…” she wrote on social media, revealing that a “white pastor,” said this to someone on her team while they were setting up Grace’s photo banner in the lobby of the church.
Source: christianpost.com
