A client said Young Bae offended her.
Young Bae was upset with Donna for comments she made on social media after Asians were killed at an Atlanta spa. So she confronted her about this on “Black Ink Crew.” Donna has since been banned from Black Ink shops. And it seems as if her time on the show has come to an end. Since the conversation, Bae has been really focused on uniting all communities of color. And she recently held a march to unite supporters of the Stop Asian Hate Movement, as well as the Black Lives Matter Movement. So it’s no surprise that she’s devastated about the accusations that were made by a black client.
On the recent episode, the crew did another team-building exercise. And Puma wanted the men and the women to compete over who could do the best tattoo. Two female clients agreed to participate. One wanted a tattoo of a woman with Saturn as her crown. The other wanted the galaxy and a woman tattooed on her.
The client who wanted the galaxy tattoo said she wanted it to be full color because she’s never had this done before. However, Bae warned her against this. And she said that the woman’s darker skin tone could pose a problem for the tattoo’s lasting power. Bae told her that some colors will not work well long-term on her skin tone. So Vanity suggested that they do a color splash instead.
Even though the client agreed with Vanity’s solution and said she loved the tattoo, she took issue with the overall experience. So she told Puma that Bae made her feel as if she was too dark to have a full-color tattoo.
Young Bae feels bad about the situation.
In a preview of the upcoming episode, Puma says to Bae and the others, “The client felt like Bae set the tone of making everybody feel like she was too Black to get a tattoo…”
Bae responds and she’s in shock, “Oh don’t, don’t do that! I did not say that.”
In a green screen interview, Bae says she understands she made a mistake, “I understand that I made a big mistake. No matter what my intentions were, I offended somebody. And I don’t wanna be that person.”
Ceaser feels the need to step in and make sure this situation doesn’t happen in his shops again. And he’s decided the best way to do this is to bring in an artist who has experience doing color tattoos on people with darker skin, “We have to learn the ethics of being minority tattoo artists from somebody who has experience.”
Later on in the preview, a conversation with Ceaser makes Bae think she’s going to be fired. He says to her, “I don’t like that our customers feel any type of way and I don’t want you to be in a spot that you’re not comfortable at.”
In a green screen interview, Bae says, “Ceaser, are you trying to fire me?” Also in the trailer, Spyder has his dreaded doctor’s appointment to find out what’s been causing his health issues.
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What Bae did is advise a customer with the truth of getting color on dark skin, I’ve experienced this before and, I really appreciated that my artist explained this to me. He told me what colors would work for my tattoo and those that wouldn’t. I still chose the colors I wanted and like he said it faded after time, but I’m getting it recolored. Bae told her the truth and I rather truth over everything. I’m about to get a new tat and I’m looking for Bae to do it for me, I live in Brooklyn.
I don’t really care for Bae but I don’t see what she did wrong besides being honest with her client. It would have been a bigger issue had she not informed her and did it and the color started to fade then the client would have been ready to sue.
Bae said nothing wrong to the client. She wanted her to have a lasting tattoo that’s all.
I find it funny how the client had to leave the shop and marinate on what Bae said to get offended.
Bottom line, she received a tatt, liked it and paid for it so now it’s a friggin problem?? GTFOH WITH THAT NONSENSE!
She shoulda done her own research or listen and heeded the consultation.
Ceaser will be boo-boo the fool if he fired Bae. She was tattooing from home during the shutdown anyway.
She is a woman of another ethnicity who may sleep with black men but may not understand the issues of our community. This may have been an issue for this young lady growing up. As a black woman I would know how to delicately tell a client they may be too dark. While there was no ill intent, a brief convo on cultural sensitivity is all thats needed. Not replacing her
As a black woman myself bae did not say anything offensive. While spider blatantly told the client she’s too dark for color and no matter what she wanted doesn’t mean she’s right. She was delicate about her words. I don’t feel that sleeping with black men has anything to do with anything.