It's how 'whataboutism' overshadows the issue being discussed. If we're talking about R. Kelly and you say "What about Harvey Weinstein?", I'm smh at that because doing that feeds into that line of conspiracy theories about how all famous black people are being targeted and that argument does nothing for the issue at hand.

Also, the white people that have done similar things are being indicted. Documentaries are being made about them. The black people I've heard use whataboutisms don't really pay attention to issues/people outside of their black bubble until it's convenient. And they are also the same people that were totally fine with people like R. Kelly and Michael Jackson before despite the fact that the problems with these artists now were present years ago.
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