Oh man, you didn’t check in to see how this insane stretch of a nothing-burger was getting roasted over at The Root? Cause it’s getting no traction there, and it feels like their readership should know.

So she entered a pageant and/or attended some weird debutante event. Is there any indication that she was aware it had a racist history? It may be hard for some on here to believe, but googling the damn thing wasn’t an option in 1999.

It’s also not a new story. I read an article on this (I want to say last year?) and she talked about how she came from a super privileged, wealthy background and her embarrassment over her participation in this ball. I’m trying to find it now but every page of google is dominated by this latest news.

It’s not *quite* accusing someone of Nazi sympathies because they once owned a VW Beetle made in the ‘70s, but it’s only a step or two removed from it.

We really doing this? Really? I mean we have Texas trying to take away the right to vote for anyone that isn’t white, actually seasons their food and can clap on the 2 & 4 and this is what you’re concerned with? I am all for multi-tasking but I am also for priorities and this ain’t it. Unless you have footage of her…

It also says that this was a racist thing until the early 90’s (and then wasn’t?). So given that she’s 41 now, unless she was tuned into kkk goings on in her pre-teen years and was crowned kkk princess of St Louis while a freshman at Princeton at the age of 13 (possible) it doesn’t seem like there’s much here to link…

There’s really not much of anything here. The headline and the beginning of the story made it sound like Erin from The Office was burning crosses and shit. Nope, she attended some corny debutante ball thing that has a racist past. Most of the US has a racist past.

Lol, what?

Look, if we start doing “Famous person took part in institution that turned out to be hella racist” takes we’re going to be here forever because, spoiler alert, most white institutions in America are hella racist.

Am I missing something? I see no connection other than the origins of the festival or party or whatever that would tie her to KKK leanings. If dumbass Black people wanted to join that bullshit, that’s of course their choice but I don’t see where she was personally connected to the KKK or even racism. I also think it’s…

I am largely indifferent about this woman and have not seen a single one of her films, but the fact that you think it is antisemitic to be critical of a message about the latest israel/palestinian conflict from Gal Gadot—an actress who has very publicly supported the IDF in the past—is odd.

This is racist. You probably don’t even see it, because that’s how racism works, and people never see it when they’re being racist, but you’re being racist right now regardless of whether you think so or not.

“Not once do you mention that it’s Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization launching rockets at Israeli civilians”

You’ll understand when you’re older, and NO, I don’t mean that in a shitty patronizing way. I reread because I sometimes don’t remember whodunit. Also, comfort reading during a pandemic is very... comforting. Barbara Michaels and Armistead Maupin got me through cancer. I’ve reread both at least twice.

Oh, for heaven’s sake. By color?! Um, no.

Consider this wild idea: Arranging your books like they are actual BOOKS with CONTENT that you’re actually interested in: By subject and then author!

Or people who do not worry about ever having to find any book easily again. “One and done” readers, perhaps. That is not me. If a book is in my house, it’s been read more than once. If I don’t like it enough to reread, it is passed along.

Arranging books by colour is book arranging for people who do not read!

It’s usually glaringly obvious when they’ve dubbed someone else’s singing voice over another actor. There are enough actors who can sing well, so why not just hire someone who can do the whole job, instead of trying to patch over half a performance?

I hate that this and In the Heights are coming on the same year, since critics love pitting movies slightly similar against each other, but ITH is the ones us Latines are looking forward to, the music, the story and everything feel more significant and contemporary, plus majority Latines cast and creative heads.