| It’s been a tough few months for racist celebs and their publicists. Just weeks after both Alison Roman and Lana Del Rey were called out on social media for their comments about women of colour in their respective industries, another former fave is in the limelight for deplorable behaviour. On June 1, actor Samantha Ware slammed Lea Michele on Twitter after the former Glee star tweeted in support of Black Lives Matter and against the death of Minnesota man George Floyd, tweeting about her own experience working with Michele, and the star’s treatment of her as a Black woman. Just two days later, writer Tavi Gevinson called out model Karlie Kloss for her double standard and virtue signalling online, after the model posted an excerpt on ending racism from author Cleo Wade. (ICYMI, Kloss is married to Josh Kushner, who happens to be the brother Jared Kushner and thus brother-in-law of Ivanka Trump). BIPOC are never given a "pass" from experiencing racism, so why should people who perpetuate it be exempt? |
