Dank Demoss, also known as Dajua Blanding, is using her platform to highlight weight discrimination after a Lyft driver refused to give her a ride based on her size. During a Breakfast Club interview, the Detroit rapper explained her experience and drew comparisons to the LGBT community's fight for accommodations.
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The conversation had an awkward start when Demoss sat uncomfortably in the chair at the mic. “This the only seat y’all got?,” she asked. Production brought over a part of the sectional and she replied, “This is what I’m talking about. Good; this is accommodations.”
Charlamagne Tha God brought up her sentiment, noting that said “accommodations” won’t always be catered to.
To which Demoss responded, “But we should. We not all the same,” Demoss explained during the conversation. “Why not? I feel like a lot of times people think that bigger people, obese people, the f-word people should be in the house.” The “f-word” in question is fat, but she opted out of using that term as she considers herself to be “obese.”
The rapper continued, “Bigger people should be accommodated just like we accommodate the LGBT community.“
She spoke on criticism that larger people face, whether they’re inside or outside. “We go outside and people looking at us crazy and for what? ‘Cause we big?,” Demoss questioned.
As clips of the nearly 40-minute interview began to circulate, it sparked mixed reactions on social media.
One woman tweeted, “Accommodations are for the elderly, disabled, etc. Conditions that are irreversible. Being overweight should not fall into that category.”
Someone else commented, “She’s right. Regardless of how she got to that weight (genetics, medical conditions or a calorie surplus) we don’t know! There should absolutely be accommodations for her. As she said, everyone isn’t the same.”
The majority of the responses felt she’s “clout chasing.”
Demoss initially gained notoriety after suing Lyft when a driver declined her ride and blamed it on her weight.
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