
The popular internet comedy show “Subway Takes” sparked outrage on Thursday after a guest claimed that white people should be banned from sitting on stoops in Brooklyn because they’re “aesthetically not as good.”
During the episode, Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab made the controversial “take” while riding the New York City subway with comedian host Kareem Rahma.
“White people should not be allowed to sit on stoops in Bed-Stuy,” Aftab declared, prompting a shocked reaction from Rahma.
“Wow, 100 percent …. disagree!” he replied in the clip, which was posted on Thursday.
The 41-year-old singer, however, doubled down on her statement.
“It looks bad. It’s aesthetically not as good, especially for Bed-Stuy as a neighborhood,” she said.
“As more and more white people are moving into Bed-Stuy and messing up the vibes, and having our favorite bars and our favorite places close down, they should not be inviting all their friends and sitting on the stoop,” she said of the historically Black neighborhood. “I think it’s rude to the history of the place.”
Rahma agreed that “aesthetically [it’s] not as good” when white people sit on stoops in northern Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, but did not elaborate further.
Aftab added that she has lived in the neighborhood for 12 years — an area that has shifted from 74% Black in 2000 to 40% Black in 2023, while the white population has grown from about 2% to 26% over the same period, fueling complaints of gentrification.
She later quipped that even though she is not white, she does not sit on her own stoop in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
“So even you, out of respect as a brown woman, you’re like ‘I’m not gonna sit on the stoop because I’m not Black’?” Rahma asked.
“Yeah, yeah,” Aftab replied, as both broke into laughter.
Online critics, however, were not amused and quickly condemned Aftab’s comments.
“If you said this about any other race you would just sound like a raging racist,” one observer wrote on X.
“Sitting on the stoop is a God-given right of all Brooklynites,” another wrote.
Others called her position hypocritical.
“I lived in a historically Black neighborhood for 12 years and participated in gentrification, but I draw the line at sitting on my stoop,” one critic mocked, mimicking her stance.
“LOL the idea of a … nepo baby telling us what looks ‘good’ in f–king Bed-Stuy is funny,” another added.
“Brown Gentrifiers are spiritually white,” one quipped.
The Instagram and TikTok series features famous or well-known guests — from Cate Blanchett to Lil Nas X and David Byrne — who ride the subway with Rahma and offer an opinion on any subject. Rahma then responds by either fully agreeing or disagreeing.
By the end of the episode, Rahma appeared to shock Aftab when he claimed that he could sit on a Bed-Stuy stoop because he could “pass” for Black.
“No one would say a goddamn word,” he said.
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