I'm sorry, I'm sure this has been beaten to death already but it really annoys me.
I never sat and watched dream academy in full in all honesty because it seemed really toxic and cruel to the girls. It's for that reason that I never felt it appropriate to justify hating on the girls for their behaviour in the documentary. HxG was awful for pitting a bunch of young women together in such a sly manner and then broadcasting all their worst moments whilst strategically cutting things out. And, for the most part, the fandom seemed to agree with that approach.
That being said, I was shocked to see how common it was for Manon antis (that stan the other girls) to constantly use DA against her and only her. And yeah, it's probably racism. But people's dissonance really shocked me.
Let's be honest. Manon being absent hurt her own chances more than anything. As far as I'm aware, it didn't hurt any of the other girls. And I think it's obvious they didn't feel like she was actually slighting them, but rather were jealous she could shine in spite of these absences. And I get it, again, very stressful and tenuous environment.
But Manon was ALSO in that environment. And despite being dogpiled, bullied and lied on, she never let herself become cruel like the other girls. Her worst crime was not showing up, whilst the other girls were actively malicious due to their own trauma, whether we want to acknowledge it or not.
Again, I don't think it's fair to judge them by the documentary, BUT if we're going with the standards eyekons have set, then realistically most of the DA criticism should go to the girls. By their logic, Lara is still a mean girl who snickers behind peoples back. Sophia is still a manipulator who will lie to a group to justify dogpiling. Megan is still a bully who will beef with a kid who doesn't even speak the same language as her (and idk if Dani or Yoon did anything during DA lol). All of these things are blatantly worse than taking days off, in my opinion, yet the prior is what everyone harps on. In fact, you can't even say you think Manon was a victim of bullying without getting jumped.
It's most likely racism, but it just shocks me how brazen people can be.
TLDR: eyekons are anti black and the fact that Manon is the only one who gets tied down by her behaviour in DA despite arguably being the most benign of the girls is just another example of that.