Last week, Anne Hathaway blamed all white people for the actions of one white man (monster) who stabbed a young black woman to death in Oakland. She also made a pretty hefty statement about how black Americans fear for their lives every day; to be honest, she just came across as extremely condescending and incredibly melodramatic.
Hollywood, right?
Cholé S. Valdary, a speaker, thinker and writer for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic tweeted this in response:
*reads somewhere that Anne Hathaway claimed that I (and other black people) fear for my life daily*
This white savior complex has got to stop guys please stop please please make it stop.
— Chloé S. Valdary ? (@cvaldary) July 29, 2018
Now, THIS is empowerment.
And wow, “white savior complex” sums up so much of what we see from the Left when it comes to any and all race issue.
And by claiming otherwise, you're redefining blackness as fearful, terrified, afraid etc. This is bullshit. It is not empowerment. IT IS THE DEFINITION OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT TO SUGGEST THAT BEING BLACK = BEING AFRAID. Cut this foolishness out.
— Chloé S. Valdary ? (@cvaldary) July 29, 2018
We love this.
So much.
White Savior Complex:
Of White People
By White People
For White People— Fisher of Meh ? (@fisherofmeh) July 29, 2018
Exactly.
Anne’s rhetoric was about HER and making herself feel better. It wasn’t actually about doing anything to help with the violence black Americans do face, and Chloe called her out perfectly.
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Cringeworthy to the max. Ugh I could barely finish it.
— AnnaB (@July1776Boston) July 29, 2018
Cringeworthy and infuriating.
It's also really condescending to portray people of color as being victims who are oppressed, you're right it's not empowering. She just made herself look more stupid.
— Lady Leftlean ?? (@LadyLeftlean) July 29, 2018
So much truth in one tweet.
What Anne really did was vocalize the soft bigotry of low expectations.
And we doubt she even realizes it.
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