Lewis Hamilton courts controversy by supporting ‘Black creatives’ in Met Gala

By IANS

NEW YORK: A day after Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton had been concerned in a harmful collision on the Monza circuit throughout the Formula 1 race on Sunday, the latter flew to New York and courted controversy on the Met Gala — an annual fundraising occasion for the advantage of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City — for his tweet, which many mentioned was racist.

British driver Hamilton, the winner of seven F1 World Drivers’ Championship titles, posted footage of him in a black swimsuit and sporting a brand new coiffure standing alongside trend designers and fashions and tweeted, “Pure magic last night. These designers — Kenneth Nicholson, Theophilio, Jason Rembert — deserve this moment just as much as any other designer who attends the Met Gala. The goal is, and always will be, to open doors for young Black creatives (Black heart symbol).”

Lewis Hamilton attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute profit gala celebrating the opening of the ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’ exhibition in New York. (Photo | AP)The “Young Black creatives” and the “Black heart symbol” within the tweet raised an enormous controversy with Hamilton’s followers and critics of his “Black Lives Matter (BLM) cause” taking reverse sides on social media over the remark.

“I don’t want to spoil the party. But this is racism in its purest form. Just cut the black or young comment and it would be a lot better. Doesn’t matter who you are. Good work should always be appreciated. Just as an opinion btw. (Grinning face with smiling eyes emoji),” wrote a critic.

Responding to the remark, a fan wrote, “Ah yes, another white man lecturing black people about racism. You never seem to find the irony.”

Some voices mentioned that there was no must create a number of sides by making such feedback on social media.

“I don’t care about black white etc. I just try to point out that in my opinion its not smart to create multiple sides. the opposite of what we want to achieve,” somebody wrote on twitter.

Hamilton’s feedback, although, had been preferred by greater than 50,000 individuals and re-tweeted about 5,000 instances and acquired greater than 1,100 feedback.

Hamilton has taken a knee on the grid on a couple of events and worn anti-racism slogans in assist of the trigger “Black Lives Matter”.

Hamilton has gone on report saying that his assist for anti-racism and protests towards incidences of racial discrimination and injustice is not going to be inhibited by FIA rulings. The British driver had additionally worn T-shirt bearing the phrases, “Arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor” on the Tuscan Grand Prix in Mugello final yr.