Doja Cat prompts backlash after explaining why she named her song after a Filipino delicacy

“Filipinos see it as a delicacy. Why is that not being conveyed in that way?” said Tony DelaRosa, a Filipino American race scholar and the author of “Teaching the Invisible Race.” “We should uphold it.”

DelaRosa said Doja Cat’s remarks triggered a flood of reactions because of the ways Asian food and culture have long been stereotyped as weird or thought of as barbaric. Balut, in particular, has been featured in Western media as a sort of “stunt” food, with shows like “Fear Factor” and “” daring its guests to consume it, DelaRosa said. And Doja Cat’s inaccurate description could, in part, add to those long-standing negative associations.

“It just brings up a lot of feelings of that ‘lunchbox moment,’” DelaRosa said, referring to the uncomfortable experience many young Asians have when their peers sneer at their cultural foods in the lunchroom. “Our food is not accessible to the public.”Doja Cat herself doesn’t appear to dislike the dish, DelaRosa said.

But that doesn’t mean her previous inaccurate description of the dish didn’t carry weight, DelaRosa said. He said that with little Filipino representation in Western media, coupled with Doja Cat’s massive reach and fan base, the remarks have the power to skew perceptions around Filipino culture.“There are a few comments that are offensive. … Is she going to moderate that?” he said.

DelaRosa said it’s important to normalize the dish, one that’s eaten both as a casual after-school snack and as a celebratory delicacy at gatherings or important events where people raise their shells high in a toast.“My hope is that you clarify what you did, how it could have caused harm, how it could cause triggering,” he said. “It’s part of the repair that I would hope that she does, as someone who has a lot of responsibility, when using someone else’s culture to amplify her platform.

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