Comedian Amy Schumer attempted to defend her friend Lena Dunham, but ended up with egg on her face.
The comedian tweeted — and then deleted — an insinuation that “men of color” are statistically more likely to catcall a woman on the street than other demographic groups:
Amy Schumer's deleted tweet pic.twitter.com/SkW4ohYn4i
— The Progressive Wave (@TheProWave) September 7, 2016
She deleted it rather quickly, so there hasn’t been much of an uproar about it:
Was putting my 2m.o. to bed. It seems @amyschumer replied 2 this, saying smtg about catcalling. Then blocked me.
! https://t.co/JRFJUgktJN— Paulo L dos Santos (@plbds) September 3, 2016
The fear of black rapists, sexual depravity, & (super)predators have violent history in Americas
Guilty rationalizations of slave societies— Paulo L dos Santos (@plbds) September 3, 2016
I guess hoping 4 careful, public debate on all types of misogyny, racial oppression, and how 2 fight them would B2 much 2 ask of Twitter…
— Paulo L dos Santos (@plbds) September 3, 2016
But some folks did take note:
https://twitter.com/angryblackhoemo/status/773254982728572929
Oh @amyschumer deleted her tweet after? Guess you googled the actual statistics. Wyt feminism at its finest https://t.co/PpNE1PAHk2
— Jake Choi (@TheJakeChoi) September 7, 2016
Our EIC @thekylesfiles takes Amy Schumer to task in #socialskills after she tweeted, then deleted, THIS message: https://t.co/QiaAKllYco
— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) September 6, 2016
Apparently Schumer originally claimed that someone else sent the tweet from her phone, but she deleted the explanations as well:
https://twitter.com/anthonyLfisher/status/771887019261849601
https://twitter.com/anthonyLfisher/status/771875912765804544
https://twitter.com/anthonyLfisher/status/772058796365606916
Let’s see if libs investigate and get to the bottom of this, or is Schumer off limits?
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