The immense global spotlight that Tyla enjoys is dimmed by the backlash over her self-identification as a South African Coloured, also acknowledging her identity as a Black woman.
While the complainants in the US condemn the use of a racist term, their own situatedness encroaches upon Tyla's experience, creating an interdependence that complicates the issue.
Tyla's use of the term 'Coloured' is benign in South Africa, where the identity is complex and layered, but considered provocative and offensive in the context of the United States.
The classification of Coloured identity in South Africa is unstable, overlapping with various racial categories, which complicates how it is perceived globally.
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