Since making her musical debut, Tinashe isn’t quite the star she would like to be. The LA-based singer has encountered a few career roadblocks despite having a platinum record with the 2014 ScHoolboy Q-assisted track “2 On.” Her latest single “Flame” is doing well, however, she can’t get a release date for her sophomore album Joyride.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Tinashe seems to blame something other than label woes for her lack of success. To some extent, she believes colorism is the culprit.

Tinashe, who identifies as mixed heritage; her mother is Danish and her father is Zimbabwean, claims the black community might not be ready to accept a singer with her particular background.

“There’s colorism involved in the black community, which is very apparent,” she said. “It’s about trying to find a balance where I’m a mixed woman, and sometimes I feel like I don’t fully fit into the black community; they don’t fully accept me, even though I see myself as a black woman. That disconnect is confusing sometimes. I am what I am.”

As you might expect, that statement made Tinashe a trending topic on Twitter leaving some to wonder if she knows what colorism means.

Tinashe not gonna get on my dark skinned nerves today with this color stuff. That ain't your real struggle, boo. — Pamela James (@xKRAYneC) June 13, 2017

Tinashe: I'm not really accepted by the black community bc i'm mixed.

Black folks: You're mixed? — Second Lead Vocalist (@VirgoJ24) June 13, 2017

lol I don't think anyone cares about Tinashe being mixed. And being bi-racial surely isn't an impediment in the industry, girl wut? ? — DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) June 13, 2017

Tinashe also feels that it’s hard to be a black woman in pop if you’re not Rihanna or Beyoncé: