Winter Blanco, the popular influencer, reality tv star, and musician, has emotionally clarified her racial identity after toxicity surrounding her mixed heritage.
Is Winter Blanco Black?
Kaila "Winter" Wilkey, professionally known as Winter Blanco, is a biracial woman (mixed-race) with Trinidadian and American heritage. Her father, who is black, was born in the United Kingdom, whilst her mother, Melissa, is a white Caucasian woman hailing from the U.S.
Although Blanco's widely known for her online content, amassing an impressive 1.1 million followers on Instagram, she was an original cast member on NBC's sixteenth season of "Bad Girls Club" (BGC), a show that focused on unruly women deemed "charismatic tough chicks", who had a passion for altercations and physical confrontations.
It's Never-ending! Winter Blanco's Race Controversy
The 28-year-old social media personality, rapper, and reality star, has unfortunately had to address her racial identity "once again" after low-life trolls continue to throw "corny" debilitating digs at her, suggesting that she wasn't "black" but "white", spreading insubstantial misinformation online.
In what she considers "isn't an apology video", the inked baddie took to her YouTube channel to address a miserable TikTok creator who repeatedly attacks her over her race - something she's reportedly endured since she was young. Curtailing the idea of "digging up truths" from her background, the BGC star said:
"There's really nothing on me, like just simple to the straight a*s point, my mother is white, my father is black," she said. "My father is not biracial, both of my grandparents are black. I am a biracial woman, I do not claim to be a black woman." Confused by what her tormentors don't understand, Blanco added:
"I don't know why it's so hard for people to grasp that in their skulls, but that's just what the fact is."
How It Started: Winter Blanco Responding To A Fake Page
Believe it or not, a Twitter user obsessed with dragging Winter Blanco created a fake page using a similar name to the star. The troll who has, "Biracial since 2016", in their Twitter description, is known under the pseudonym, Kaila Milkey (@wiintrriswhite); and even shares the same birthday as Blanco.
The account which was created in October 2021, shared an edited video of Blanco's "Bad Girls Club" audition, that made it seem like she was forcing the idea of being a person of colour because she was "raised in the hood". Blanco later claimed: "it's the lack of a PAUSE that has y'all panties in a bunch which was EDITED OUT my PRODUCTION".
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