Actress Pia Glenn must’ve thought she was pretty clever when she took shots at Mitt and Ann Romney’s adopted grandson on MSNBC. See, even though she was mocking an innocent child of color for the hell of it, she didn’t seem to think she did anything unsavory:
@PiaGlenn @MHarrisPerry Pia go & have a chat with ur publicist. When U R in a hole stop digging! U & Melissa made mistake attacking a baby!
— Cent R Wright (@ritescenter) December 30, 2013
@ritescenter "me and Melissa"? Really? You think I'm a producer on the show? You think I chose that photo & new it was coming?
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) December 30, 2013
There it is! She didn’t pick that photo of the Romneys, so she most certainly can’t be held accountable for what she said about it. Or something.
@PiaGlenn U sang the song and made fun of that adorable baby & family. It was a mistake. It was inappropriate. U should apologize.
— Cent R Wright (@ritescenter) December 30, 2013
@ritescenter Yes,I sang the song. There are many children in the pic & only 1 black child. I don't see that as mocking or attacking the baby
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) December 30, 2013
Really, Pia? Then what would you call singling out a little boy in order to shame his family for loving him?
@PiaGlenn So if you were in a pic with several white people and someone sang that song it wouldn't be mocking or attacking you?
— Tim Hagle (@ProfHagle) December 30, 2013
We may never find out. Meanwhile, unlike Melissa Harris-Perry or co-panelist Dean Obeidallah, Glenn has apologized. But she still doesn’t seem all that clear on what she’s apologizing for:
Adoptive parents giving a child of ANY ethnicity a loving home,I apologize.I absolutely did not intend to harm you but it seems that I have.
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) December 30, 2013
I know what I saw and what I said. Your opinion is different? Cool. But I'm not down with harming children, you know that.
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) December 30, 2013
Is it really a mystery why so many people have taken offense to her remarks? No. But at least she’s made an attempt at an apology. She’s sorry about something. Just don’t expect her contrition to go too deeply:
@PiaGlenn oh please! This is much more deserving of the media firestorm that the Duck dudes had to deal with. Left origin tho. Oops.
— Jack Ramsey (@jram7533) December 30, 2013
EYE am more deserving of a "media firestorm" than the Duck Dynasty unpleasantness??? See….
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) December 30, 2013
Yeah, haters. It’s not like she’s Phil Robertson or something.
Ugh.
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