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re: Am I the only one who doesn't like Audra McDonald??

Posted by: robbyho 12:13 pm EST 12/07/13
In reply to: re: Am I the only one who doesn't like Audra McDonald?? - LegitOnce 11:34 am EST 12/07/13
Smug? Haughty? Too good for this room?

Applied to one actress of color who you then compare to another actress of color?

I'm not calling you a bigot. Truly, I'm not. I don't believe you are. But this syntax is dangerous: It seems to me to be "uppity" in sheep's clothing. I have to point out the this kind of language often gets attached to actors of color by white people, especially when actresses of color don't conform to your presuppositions about what they should be or whether they belong in the room. Because you didn't really expect the Abbess to snap "Oh, hell no, " did you? You expected a black woman in a nun's outfit to do that.

Again, not calling you a bigot. But this "who does she think she is/who is she trying to be" thing has attached itself to Rashad ever since her Tony acceptance speech and it does seem to get pinned on black people a disproportionate amount of time. We could all stand to be a bit more vigilant about it, I think.


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