Amber Rose Gets Into Physical Fight With Joseline Hernandez After Saying Rose ‘Doesn’t Want To Be Black’ On ‘College Hill’

In what should have been a typical day at school for the celebrity group, model Amber Rose, 39, and TV personality Joseline Hernandez, 36, got into a heated debate about racial identity in an episode of College Hill: Celebrity Edition that ended in a physical fight.

College Hill is a reality show that follows college students that attend historically black colleges. The celebrity edition features a group of celebrities who live together as they go to college together. The celebrity group this season attends classes at Alabama State University and includes Parker Posey, Iman Shumpert, Tiffany NY Pollard, O’ryan Browner, Ray J  and Kwaylon Rogers. 

During their African American literature class with Dr. Jacqueline Trimble, Browner read a Langston Hughes poem called “Harlem Sweeties.” The professor then asked the class what they think the poet was talking about. 

Hernandez, who is also known as the “Puerto Rican Princess,” offered her opinion first and said she felt like it was “for the generations of the beautiful young black ladies.”

“Traditional western beauty sucks, I hate to say it for the whitey whites,” she continued with some in the class reacting to her comment. 

Seemingly oblivious to the reactions around her, the TV personality turned around and looked at Rose and said, “Just Amber we got a little white person in here but she’s mixed though.” 

“There is a difference between giving an opinion and being overly ready to be inflammatory. I don’t know if Joseline is an insensitive person but right now I feel like she keeps pushing Amber. We have to remain respectful,” Pollard later said. 

When the professor later asked them about their “racial mountains,” Rose explained that she didn’t “fit in white spaces but [she] didn’t fit in black spaces either.” 

In what seemed to be an attempt to empathize with Rose, Hernandez chimed in with, “You give me so much more blackness.” To which Rose replied by questioning Hernandez’s actions earlier in class. 

Hernandez and Rose continued to argue about racial identity until Hernandez told her, “You know what’s your problem? Your problem is that you really want to be a white girl.”

As the professor attempted to mediate the argument, Hernandez ignored her and told Rose “[didn’t] even want to be black,” and then proceeded to repeatedly call Rose a “crybaby.” This led to Rose initiating a physical fight, which the episode did not show. 

As the group gathered later on, they seemed to have sided with Rose and talked about how Rose’s “story of her life was played out right in front of [them].”

“I was so proud of Amber for sticking up for herself,” Posey said. “Nothing to me is more disrespectful than telling a biracial person that they want to be white.” 

Hernandez was later “expelled” from school.

Although the group understood Rose and her actions, many on the internet are siding with Hernandez, saying she was right in her opinions and that Rose “has made a living in Black Spaces.” 

“After watching the College Hill episode I am 100% team Joseline! She said nothing wrong. Amber Rose wants to be white and her comments rubbed me the wrong way,” one person tweeted. 

“Amber Rose just seems… really unhealed. like she’s 39 years old and still seems as fragile and lost as her younger self she often speaks about,” another commented. 

“Amber Rose is unserious. Joseline told no lies. Her approach was a harsh take but the point still stands. The entitlement Amber felt after physically assaulting another individual screams privilege. Why are you fighting if you don’t identify as black?” a third questioned. 

Rose has mostly surrounded herself with the black community in her career, notably dating rapper Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa, and often talks about her struggles as a multiracial person. 

In a 2016 interview with Refinery 29, Rose was asked about how it felt to have her biracial identity often questioned. She then went on to share that she was asked in a previous interview if she considered herself a black woman, to which she replied, “No.” 

“I embrace all of my culture. You don’t have to pick and choose a side,” she said. “That’s what keeps racism alive.”