Meryl Streep Defends All-White Panel: ‘We Are All Africans Really’
Meryl Streep Defends All-White Panel: ‘We Are All Africans Really’
Meryl Streep angered many people on Thursday after she made a comment about the racial make-up of a film panel.
The Oscar-winning actress defended an all white jury at a film festival after a reporter questioned how they could fully understand films from North Africa and the Middle East.
Streep said she didn’t know much about the region but had “played a lot of different people from a lot of different cultures.” (RELATED: Madonna: Kanye West Is The Black Version Of Me)
“There is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture, and after all, we’re all from Africa originally,” Streep said. “You know, we’re all — Berliners — we’re all Africans, really.”
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“This jury is evidence that at least women are included and in fact dominate this jury, and that’s an unusual situation in bodies of people who make decisions,” she added.
Streep was heavily criticized for her comments by many on Twitter. (RELATED: Rosie O’Donnell Angered The Entire Autism Community After She Said This)
Meryl Streep Defends All-White Panel: ‘We Are All Africans Really’
Meryl Streep angered many people on Thursday after she made a comment about the racial make-up of a film panel.
The Oscar-winning actress defended an all white jury at a film festival after a reporter questioned how they could fully understand films from North Africa and the Middle East.
Streep said she didn’t know much about the region but had “played a lot of different people from a lot of different cultures.” (RELATED: Madonna: Kanye West Is The Black Version Of Me)
“There is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture, and after all, we’re all from Africa originally,” Streep said. “You know, we’re all — Berliners — we’re all Africans, really.”
(Photo: Getty Images)
“This jury is evidence that at least women are included and in fact dominate this jury, and that’s an unusual situation in bodies of people who make decisions,” she added.
Streep was heavily criticized for her comments by many on Twitter. (RELATED: Rosie O’Donnell Angered The Entire Autism Community After She Said This)
If that's how she truly feels...why not use that same defense and walk/campaign alongside the BLM movement? Why not be more vocal about it? Oh that's right...you only use it as a defense when ya'll need a leg to stand on for not including our cultures' movies and actors in the awards...
