I get what you're saying about Shonda Rhimes, I like the angle you have on it. I am a fan of hers on Twitter.
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The thing is a white woman who speaks up still gets more attention than a WOC who speaks up. Not only does she get the attention she gets the pat on the back for being "such a good person." No, there is nothing wrong with being an ally. Yet again, her speaking up is another layer of privilege because she benefits…
Ellen Pompeo is a white woman married to a black man with a biracial child - her world is diverse. She works on a show, created by a black woman, that is far more diverse than most any other show on TV right now as it represents multiple races, strong and independent women, and homo- and heterosexual relationships. …
There is truth in what you speak, joke or not. The thing is a white woman who speaks up still gets more attention than a WOC who speaks up. Not only does she get the attention she gets the pat on the back for being "such a good person." No, there is nothing wrong with being an ally. Yet again, her speaking up is…
Yes. Isaiah Washington called T.R. Knight a fa**ot and got fired for doing it.
What do you propose she do?
As a lesbian, my take on this is that there is a sizeable minority in every 'minority' social group who just gets off on attacking outsiders. They genuinely love it! I don't know if it's because they feel hard done-by and therefore they want to dismiss everyone outside the social group as 'against us', or if they…
So you're complaining about racial issues, but using the same defense racists used when you're called out for being unreasonable.
Not only was that homophobic actor fired, he was also punched by one of the other (straight) actors on set for using that word. I don't condone violence, but the show was definitely accepting of sexual differences, and actually tackles the issue on-air as well.
Also, comparing her work environment to Jezebel makes no sense, since Grey's Anatomy is one of the most diverse shows on network television and the creator and writer of the show is actually a black woman.
It's sort of like when sexists say "gawwwwd it was only a joke, get a sense of humour" and people say "I have a sense of humour. You're just not funny."
That was YEARS ago, the dude was pretty much immediately fired, and he's now something of a pariah in the entertainment world.
I agree. Someone trying to be an ally is a good thing. It is also an excellent jumping off point to examine the ways in which privilege is operative in the situation. Doing the latter doesn't mean you're dismissing the former. It just means you are continuing the work.
So she should say nothing and not speak up?
1) Why should any legitimate interest in eliminating inequality be discounted because of the person it comes from? Let's all fight together to make the world more accurately represent diversity.
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I'm sorry, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you and the author are both suffering from the same issue with regards to privilege.
Ok, if you were to tell people your parents were bankrolling your grad school and their first reaction is to be nasty to you, well, then they are rude people. There's no excuse for being rude. Now, them being jealous, that's a different (and very understandable) story. As someone with quite a lot of debt from grad…
In other words, you were all set to write a Jez article criticizing critics for obsessing about Kate's weight. When they didn't come, you had to write your article anyway, so you wrote an article about the lack of critics obsessing about Kate's weight. Okeedoke.