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Be Accountable

On youth and responsibility.
Words by Allyssia Alleyne. Artwork by Katrien De Blauwer.

In the summer of 2020, Maddie Ziegler—best known for appearing in Sia’s “Chandelier” video when she was 11—posted an earnest apology to her Twitter feed. Videos of her laughingly engaging in “ignorant and racially insensitive” behavior when she was nine were circulating online, and the internet demanded an explanation.

“I’m honestly ashamed and I’m truly sorry for my actions. The decisions I made then are absolutely not the decisions I would make today, ” the then-17-year-old wrote. “We have all made mistakes in our lives and as we grow up we educate ourselves and learn to be better people.”

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This story is from Kinfolk Issue Thirty-Nine

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