BUtterfield 8 38,294 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Disney’s Star Wars Twitter account has just issued a note of support for recent hire Krystina Arielle, after the a**h*l* hordes rose up against her for the unimaginable crime of…noting that systemic racism exists? Arielle—who’s been a regular and delightful fixture in the nerdier spaces of the online ecosystem for a few years now—was recently hired by Disney to host Star Wars: The High Republic Show, a new webseries in which she’ll be interviewing creatives involved in Disney’s new initiative (including a new line of comics) to explore a period of Star Wars history dating 200 years before the original films. The issues began…well, the issues date back god knows how many years, and encompass the “fandom” and its reactions to Kelly Marie Tran, John Boyega, and more. But the current, specific issue cropped up when a a right-wing comics blog went hunting through Arielle’s old tweets after her new job was announced and found, again, some really shocking statements suggesting that white people sometimes act in racist ways, and that society seems literally custom-made to protect them from the consequences of those actions. Wild, controversial stuff, we know. Anyway, this all provoked the typically depressing response from the sort of people who get their Wookiees bent out of shape when you point out that the Empire is a nation of literal space fascists and are, in fact, the baddies. On a slightly more positive note, it also brought to life the #IStandWithKrystina hashtag, in which numerous people online voiced their support for Arielle’s creativity, and humor, and willingness to speak depressingly straightforward truths to power. (It also probably helped push Disney into making an official statement, since the company’s been heavily criticized in recent years for being less than vocal or protective of its employees when the online baying gets bad.) Source Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 37,666 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Surprising after the radio silence on the abuse John Boyega and Kellie Marie Tran were getting. buy bionic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatography 9,512 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, bionic said: Surprising after the radio silence on the abuse John Boyega and Kellie Marie Tran were getting. this. would’ve been nice for them to stand up for their actors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamyBagel 87 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 We get it. America obsessed with race & gender problems as usual. You do you. Best of luck in dismantling white supremacy and gender roles though Just keep it to your continent chile Maybe y’all will eventually realize that medicare for all isn’t “communism” and start rioting for that as well instead of shelling out 40-60% of your salary just to get an MRI or sumn Europe can’t relate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 37,666 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 9 hours ago, CreamyBagel said: We get it. America obsessed with race & gender problems as usual. You do you. Best of luck in dismantling white supremacy and gender roles though Just keep it to your continent chile Maybe y’all will eventually realize that medicare for all isn’t “communism” and start rioting for that as well instead of shelling out 40-60% of your salary just to get an MRI or sumn Europe can’t relate Racism and sexism is everywhere buy bionic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamyBagel 87 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, bionic said: Racism and sexism is everywhere Mhm Now go fight it on your turf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gag 22,449 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 11 hours ago, CreamyBagel said: We get it. America obsessed with race & gender problems as usual. You do you. Best of luck in dismantling white supremacy and gender roles though Just keep it to your continent chile Maybe y’all will eventually realize that medicare for all isn’t “communism” and start rioting for that as well instead of shelling out 40-60% of your salary just to get an MRI or sumn Europe can’t relate Europe can absolutely relate to racism and sexism headspin, happiness, DE̤̣A̢̯͔̘T͏͙̗̟̫H̗̙͡ͅ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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