Cynthia Erivo responds to jokes about her being Ariana Grande’s “bodyguard” after defending her from an intruder on the ‘WICKED: FOR GOOD’ red carpet:
“I think that we haven’t really come to terms with the insidious nature of how we view Black women. And I’m sure people will read this and think, ‘Oh, for goodness’ sake, it’s not about that.’ But it is. Because that’s what was being made fun of. It was my physique; it was my shape; it was the fact that I was bald; it was about what I looked like. And because of that, there was this assumption that I was bigger than my co-star and so I had to be controlling or protecting, and that was my role. I would hazard a guess that it would not have been the same had it been the other way around.”
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Upcoming coconut Rapper, Trim says rappers above 40-years-old should retire so that younger rappers can shine:
"They should let other people take over now" (Via Billboard)
Heated Rivalry director Jacob Tierney reveals he’s so excited that Miley Cyrus wants to make music for season two
“I’m like Holy sh*t. I can’t believe I can even think about music like this. It’s like dreaming” he tells Rolling Stone.
@caitviscent@lesbiancarlos everybody makes dumb jokes, humor’s subjective. but it’s not right to accuse someone of mocking black people’s struggle with police brutality when that clearly wasn’t their intent.
@lesbiancarlos i agree the strawpage message was poor in taste and wasn’t funny. but like i said, the op wasn’t laughing at police brutality, they were reacting to someone mixing up acab with amab. context matters.
@gayhorrorboy@lesbiancarlos no one said black and brown people aren’t disproportionately impacted.. that’s a fact. but op, who isn’t black, is still affected by police brutality. laughing at someone mixing up acab with amab isn’t the same as laughing at oppression. that accusation is way off.
@lesbiancarlos “who do you think you’re speaking to” doesn’t change the fact that people outside of black and brown communities also experience police brutality. yes, black and brown people are absolutely disproportionately targeted, no question.