@ChrissiesWay
The sneak-dissing from white women that you've flagged is on full display in the discourse around Caster Semenya.

As is the self-flagellation of BW SJWing gone awry.

Conflating Caster's struggle as intersex, high-testosterone person w/ struggle of cisgen BW. 🤔 As a HUMAN, I sympathize with the very public scrutiny that Caster has endured for a decade & her unique experience finding out she was intersex (no ovaries; internal male testea) in the public eye.

thestar.com/sports/2009/09…

Here is why Cynthia Erivo, in particular, should not play Harriet Tubman.

TL; DR: There’s a troubling pattern of Cynthia repeatedly, deliberately, selectively *choosing* to not give respect to African-American heritage – the heritage of Harriet Tubman.
#HarrietDeservesBetter Note: There’s an argument to be made against Africans/non-DOS Brits playing important African-American figures – & vice versa. Performance & perspective, where & how we take up space, larger economic & cultural issues at play.

Others have unpacked that; this thread won’t.

The framing of @paularogo's @Essence piece on Cynthia Erivo is…interesting.

This response will be a long thread bc it's impt that:
◾️we step back to analyze the larger narrative that's being created ◾️Essence is aware that we're aware of deliberate editorial decisions.

https://twitter.com/Essence/status/1040706829393780738

TL;DR: From word choice, to sourcing, to biased, inaccurate framing, @paularogo's article, "Cynthia Erivo Pushes Back On Criticism Of Her New Role As Harriet Tubman" amounts to an Erivo fluff piece that tries to further neutralize valid criticism of a very real, very large issue.