#nobody should have to grin and bear that shit
Moses Ingram, who plays the inquisitor Reva Sevander, aka the third sister in Obi-wan Kenobi, just posted on her Instagram story about the racist, hateful messages she’s been getting in her DMs.
Mind you, we’re only two episodes in.
She doesn’t deserve this. Especially not from the fandom that is supposedly so “welcoming” and “loving.”
But this is the pattern we always see. Over and over again.
They did this with Ahmed Best, John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran. They keep doing this.
Welcoming is a myth. I’m sick of it. I’m glad she’s exposing this, but Star Wars needs to do better calling this out. This shouldn’t be her responsibility.
They need to protect their actors of color. But it’s sad that I don’t expect them to.
The racism in this fandom is real and it’s absolutely notokay
“…This feeling I’ve had inside of myself — which no one has told me — this feeling of like — I’ve just gotta shut up and take it… you know I’ve gotta just grin and bear it — and I’m not built like that…”
