“I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor. I’m beyond horrified to hear his story.
I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave then as he describes,I owe him the sincerest apologyfor what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken…
Yea. My thoughts exactly. I get that its not appropriate for her to dress up as Aaliyah. But that’s because of how she made her money and how she markets herself, not because there is anything wrong with her choice of costume itself, even if she is white.
It truly was. She even nailed the choker that has the little d-ring.
Makes me miss Buck Wild
Ugh! Agreed, it’s not cultural appropriation. It’s just that Aaliyah is sacred at this point and anything Kardashian is tainted.
No adult should ever make a sexual advance at a 14 year old, consensual or not. Period. Let alone carry him to a bed and lie on top of him.
Clears up the rumors, but purposefully tries to deflect from what he’s being accused of. No one cares that he’s gay; hell, everyone already knew that.
I’m sure that this was all due to economic anxiety.
I don’t think what white folks do or don’t do has any place in this discussion.
However, when Hillary Clinton used the term “Super Predator” she tested that phrase out first. And it went over big. So she used it. She’s a weather vane. She’s an average white person. 45 is not average at all. And if you haven’t figured…
Great article! You make some strong arguments here that encouraged me to think more broadly about Michele’s situation, especially as apart of a much bigger gender and race problem. Just prior to reading this, I posted to Michel Harriot’s article, supporting his point of view.
Agreed, I’ll drop any and every other Black person who hurts our community. I wouldn’t care if they were in my own family. All of the people named in here have been canceled for years in my eyes.
But that’s the point: it wasn’t just a ‘decision that she made.’ She didn’t decide to wear white after labor day or decide to chew with her mouth open. She decided to allow her name to be installed in the history of this country as an agent working toward the normalization of a White Supremacist administration. That…
The Root got me all riled up on the weekend. That ain’t right! lol
I believe if you do something that spits in the face of the people who pay you and you NEVER apologize for it or express regret, but on the contrary blame your source of income for your bad choices, then you suffer the consequences - including losing your job.
Do you think one bad decision(one she probably regrets) out of a lifetime of choices is worth having her career left in ruins?
Yeah, I agreed with most of what Michael said in his earlier piece, but when he mocked her over the suicide attempt and miscarriage, he lost me. That’s just wrong.
All. Of. This.
I agree!! Trying to tell me all the bad stuff that has happened to you since you decided to commit career suicide in an effort to garner sympathy is so insulting! I am not without sympathy for people that suffer from depression or suicidal thoughts and I’ve lost a child so me not supporting her music has nothing to do…
When Magic Mike came out, I didn’t get it at all because I don’t personally find Channing Tatum the least bit physically attractive. But since then I’ve seen interviews and other things with him, and the dude is hilariously self-deprecating and seems like a genuinely nice person. Suddenly he’s about 500 times more…
