Pernilla Wahlgren and Sofia Wistam are criticized for podcast episodes

Pernilla Wahlgren and Sofia Wistam are harshly criticized for one of his podcasts, where Pernilla uses the word n ​​repeatedly

Now, the demon apologizes – but also criticizes the critics.

– We take We are constructive criticism that has come to us, but does not accept the false allegations and threats we have received, they say to Nöjesbladet.

Pernilla Wahlgren 50 years old, and Sofia Wistam 52 years old, leads the podium "Wahlgren and Wistam"

The duo has now reached blue winds. In the renamed section "Dinosaurs", the word n ​​appears. Wahlgren and Wistam speak of children born with different pigments and if it depends on the inheritance of parents

– Can you say a black man, or not to say of colorful or Afro origin American, says Pernilla Wahlgren.

Sofia Wistam, who doubt what is right or wrong, tells them that they have already been criticized by an auditor for saying that they thought it was disgusting for men who can breastfeed.

– I apologized and said we were dinosaurs that do not always come with, says Sofia Wistam in the section.

Is asked to delete the section

The section was critical hard. Lovette Jallow who runs the Black Vogue Instagram account, is one of those who noted that Pernilla Wahlgren repeatedly uses the word "n" when she speaks of phrases used in the past. For example, she reproduces excerpts from an old interview where her mother, Christina Schollin tells us how to play Johnny Nash in a film.

– In the past, you did not know better, says Pernilla Wahlgren in the podcast.

But that does not seem to explain, says Lovette Jallow, calling for Pernilla Wahlgren and Sofia Wistam to publish the episode

Is it difficult to speak according to facts, knowledge and experiences? Or do they just speak for the sake of talking? Because they give them a platform to talk to, but when they open their mouth, shit bursts. And they will not change because it does not affect them, it affects us who must live our lives using this word against us, "she writes in a post on her Instastory and continues in another:

" Neither are not dinosaurs. You are ignorant, do not mix it.

Make a Joint Statement

Now Pernilla Wahlgren and Sofia Wistam Choose to Respond to Criticism In a joint statement at Nöjesblad, the duo writes that they have received a lot of reactions and threats after the Episode.

"After our podcast, we were attacked by an urgent attack against our instagram accounts, where we are wrongly accused of being racist. It's so far away from us that we can come, as in the section, we repeatedly emphasize the equal value of each regardless of skin color or orientation. We use the n-word three times in a non-racist and historical way to emphasize how Swedish we were in the past and during our growth. Now we have been informed that today we can not pronounce the word n, which we do not know. "

Pernilla and Sofia:" We are sorry. "

In one of the instastories of by Bianca Ingrosso, Pernilla Wahlgren is heard in the background, discussing the possibility of censoring the n-word with a beep.A Nöjesbladet she writes and Wistam that the section will remain in its entirety.