'I have read your messages and seen the hurt I have caused,' Hannah Brown said
Nation members also spoke out, including Rachel Lindsay — the first and only black lead in the history of the ABC franchise.
"Non-black people should not feel okay about saying the word n*****. It's wrong," she added. "You should feel disgusted when you say that word. You should feel uncomfortable. That word has so much weight and history behind it. If you don't know, please do yourself a favor and educate yourself on that word. That word was used to make black people feel less than ... and every time you use that word and you're not black, you give that word power.
"How are people still gonna defend CELEBS with SOOO much access to privilege, knowledge, and education saying the N-word," Martinez wrote. "Even if it's 'just the lyrics to a song' ... especially when that person had the wherewithal to skip over the F-word lyric first."
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