Cara Delevingne the actress is upon us, like it or not. She gave some interviews in Cannes that are still filtering out. Cara plays the Enchantress in Suicide Squad. We glimpsed the character in costume, but the PR focus is on Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn (for good reason). Cara told Entertainment Weekly that she doesn’t even like superhero (or supervillain, in this case) movies because “there are so f***ing many.” Yet she believes this film will be “f***ing insane,” and “I’ve never been so excited to see a film.” Hmm. I feel like Cara will dabble in films for awhile, but she’ll go back to her day job like most models do.
Cara raised some eyebrows with a tweet about her feelings on race. I believe this tweet was spontaneous and not prompted by a current event. But who knows with Cara:
There is only one race! The human race
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) June 2, 2015
Ehhh. Cara’s speaking in an idealistic way, which is easy to do from a position of privilege. She’s being overly simplistic and trying to say race doesn’t matter, right? Which is the same thing as denying that racism exists. I don’t think Cara meant any harm with this tweet. Cara simply sounds like she has no idea what she’s talking about, but she’s trying to sound lofty and above everything. The supermodel who sleeps through interviews and parties her life away tried to school us all.
Photos courtesy of WENN
I think promotion for the movie Paper town is about to start
I am color blind when it comes to people, I can understand her comment.
We are all ethnically different which accounts for color and culture. Cara is correct, we are all of the same race.
The idea of distinguishing based on Race, is just to identify non whites and is part of the slavery era mentality.
100% agree. In some languages it is used colloquially, but most scientists would disagree that there are different races, only different ethnicities.
I’m so glad I found these comments here. “Race” (when speaking of different groups of humans) is a cultural phenomenon, not a scientific one. Cara Delevingne is correct in her assessment.
Yeah, I was just about to write that, technically, Cara is right.
I agree. At the end of the day we all bleed the same blood. We might have different genes and different characteristics but in the end we are all just humans.
I’m going to agree with her also. She merely posted a fact. There is no such thing as race, it is a human (the white male) construct. We have different ethnic groups but, only one race.
This is also not a new direction for her to post on Instagram. She also has long promoted gender equality and freedom of sexual expression.
Then people need to start acting like it because some of us are doing more than our fair share of bleeding.
I agree with her, we have ethnical and color diferences, but we are all human and the more people realize that, the better would be.
She is correct, from a biological perspective. Not sure why this fact is not more widely known.
let me guess you are all white.
thats racist
It’s not racist… I’m white and I made the same assumption. I’ve never met someone who claimed to be “colorblind” who DIDN’T grow up as the majority.
Basically… it’s only possible to dismiss race entirely if it doesn’t affect every aspect of your life. When you’re white in this country (or most European countries), you can *choose* not to think or talk about race. When you’re a person of color, you can’t pretend to be “colorblind” because society keeps you separate from the white majority. It’s pretty simple.
LOL!
And yes to everything Brittney B said.
Lol right?
Thank you Brittney B! I mean seriously what the Hell did I just read in those comments above?!
Her comment is more European centric I think. For example in France, there are French people and others, whether the other is white or not. Correct me is i am wrong but didn’t Farage of UKIP ( who is, as Brits would put it, a wanker) say Indian immigrants were better than eastern European ones? European problems with immigration is not mostly about color, although it still has a lot of influence. It is not like USA, where English, Poles, even Jews (I put even for historical reasons) are just white. So ethnicity is the prefered word.
+1 Brittany B.
Sorry to bust your colorblindness but if you’re not white in America you don’t get to be colorblind. Maybe you feel “colorblind” because white is the default for America, the everyman and you don’t have to think of representation or the lack thereof.
Anyways, since Cara thinks we’re “all one race” (which is true really) I wonder if she realizes she’s just an average looking white girl who likely only has a career because she’s white? She wouldn’t have the same reception in media or the modeling world if she was an average looking black woman, Asian woman, brown woman. The modeling industry certainly isn’t colorblind.
What Britney B. said. Also, if you want to raise a child that isn’t racist it appears to be better to raise children not to be colorblind, but to be aware of diversity and to see diversity as an interesting and good thing. Because of the inherent privilege of being white, children who are raised to be colorblind will pick up on racism anyway as the doll test still shows (kids still prefer the white doll). But when kids are raised to be aware of differences between people as a good thing research shows that kids will be less likely to see white skin as preferable.
Definitely, no question.
See also: ‘Money doesn’t buy happiness’, which is never said by a person living below the poverty line.
Lol, exactly Brittney B…..it’s really easy to be colorblind when your entire being is not taken as a color, and not just as YOU. And it’s really funny for a model to be saying that when it’s pretty rampant that white models are first picks, while black/asian/otherwise models are few and far between. Especially at her level. It’s Joan Smalls and Iman Somebody….those are her peers (correct me if I’m wrong–I think it was Joan Smalls that was recently on the cover of Vogue), I’m sure they have something more to say about this subject.
I read her comment as: Stop racism, we are all the same, humans
I cant believe this positive statement could get bad reactions…
“I don’t see color” means I don’t see white privilege. Here’s an interesting illustration
http://everydayfeminism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Confucius-say-what-whitewashed.png
Well look at all the brilliant conversation happening in the lower half of this thread, lol.
But she didn’t say that she doesn’t see colour or that everyone should see things like___. Biologically she is correct; and as for the implication of her stating that fact, I can’t tell what she wants to get out of it- but it is a scientific fact
This is why I love Celebitchy. I knew somebody would post why the ‘I don’t see colour’ mentality is so problematic. And I was not disappointed.
No it does not. It means that you, personally, do not define or distinguish people based on their race. It does not mean she is ignorant to racism or its consequences, she is just speaking against it and expressing her dare I say, pretty awesome perception.
Being color blind is actually the wrong thing to do because we dont live in an equal society so by doing so you are ignoring the problem at hand. Our world caters to the white gaze so you’ve never felt uncomfortable like poc do everyday especially in light of recent events. I am a black woman and i don’t want to live in a world where my race doesn’t matter. It has made me who i am. Race is supposed to be celebrated it makes different. Diversity is good! Humans are a species not a race.
Bit harsh!
Is it me or does she look like she is on Bath salts? Every time I see her, I keep thinking she is either going to eat my face, or smoke some meth…She looks dirty, like unkempt dirty…gross.
Its not just you! I get dirty meth vibes from her as well. She always looks completely cracked out to me and not in a good/edgy “Kate Moss” kind of way.
Her mother was a hardcore drug addict and she obviously does drugs like coke when partying (was papped with coke once). Maybe due to her genetic predisposition she does a bit more that your usual model…
Idealistic yes, but she’s not wrong. At least she’s even aware enough to post that while there’s still the Paris hiltons and Kylie Jenners in the world posting selfies
She’s grunge glam. She’s the Kate Moss of the 2010s, and Kate was the biggest thing when grunge was first popular. Personally I love Cara’s look and think she’s a great model, to the extent such things matter. Philosopher, not so much.
Cara is from western Europe. I live in France and no one there talks about “races”. It’s actually rude to say that there is more than one race.
Honest question: don’t you think that “not talking about races” is sweeping racism and racial tensions in Europe under the rug? Isn’t it better to have conversations than just pretending to be “color blind” and act like everything is dandy, when it isn’t?
What I meant is that instead of saying races they say “ethnicities”. It’s about the definition that you give to a word. People are not color blind. Although I have to say that Americans talk probably more about these kinds of issues (racism,…) and I think it has to do with the history of the country.
perhaps Cara’s trying to start a conversation?
I think that if she was pretending issues didn’t exist, she wouldn’t even have thought about tweeting it at all.
Idk… Perhaps I’m giving her too much credit. I’ve never known Cara for her opinions before.
Europeans talk of ethnicities, I have never heard anyone but Americans speak of races when it comes to humans who is not racist.
And in Europe the issues lie more with immigration and not skin color even if there is overlap and racisim, so the discussion is a bit different. American conversation definately can have its benefits. However just because in Europe the issue is handled differently it does not nessecarily mean issues are swept under rug.
you must all be from really privileged backgrounds like cara if you think Europe has moved beyond race.
I live in London ( where cara is from) a couple of weeks ago someone had written the n word on the wall of a black establishment near my boyfriend house. My boyfriend has stories about being chased down the streets by skinheads when he was a kid in the 90s.
Obviously this wasn’t in Chelsea or some posh part of town where cara grew up, but this is also London.
Then you have the growing support for racist and anti immigration political movements.
In my opnion sayin stuff like race doesn’t matter /it’s rude to talk about race well intentioned as it may be , is somewhat ignorant and only serves to sweep real problems under the carpet. Pretending the problem doesn’t exist doesn’t make it go away.
I totally agree that there is a lot of racism in Europe, not only some overlap with social issues.
Racism does exist, no doubt about it. In the sense that discrimination exist against non-white (sorry – in lack of a better term) ethnic groups.
But that still doesn’t mean that human races biologically exist (which is exactly what the word race implies). In the meaning of the word people of different races are supposed to have different biologically fixed characteristics that go beyond physical appearances.
So – since “race” and “racism” are two different words, with different etymologically roots, histories and development: I think you can say both: racism exist, because people of different ethnic groups are discriminated against.
If I understood correctly, most people here don’t deny that the hate and discrimination towards other races exist in Europe, but that discrimination of minorities is more focused on ethnicity than race itself. Like in America it’s mostly white people grouped together as a majority against black people or Asians or Native Americans. In England or France etc. it’s ethnically English or French people against people from African countries, from Asian countries and also white people who are considered to be worse and unwelcome like Polish, Romanian, Greek, Turkish, Irish.
Anti-immigration movements are most hateful against African people, Muslims, Indians and people from Eastern Europe. Skin-heads will chase you if you are black, Asian, Muslim or white of “wrong” ethnicity. The Romani people are possibly the most hated and discriminated against ethnicity in Europe in general. In America, slavery and the awful treatment of Native people turned this issue to be more racial, while in most of Europe, where back in the day there was very little racial diversity, white people learned to hate other white people as well and there are ethnic casts or classes – like if you are from this part of Europe you are better than people from that other, worse part of Europe. But there are also groups of people who are considered to be from a better Asian country or worse Asian country or to be more black or less black. I’m Polish and from experience of living abroad, some western European people think it’s ok to tell me I’m garbage, scum, that my only purpose in life is to be cleaning their toilets or write offensive things on my walls without knowing me personally – just because I’m from Poland. So while the discrimination is undeniably there, the issue is less talked about in the racial context and more in the ethnic context.
No one , even cara, has said anything you are implying was said here.
@NBM
” In America, slavery and the awful treatment of Native people turned this issue to be more racial, while in most of Europe, where back in the day there was very little racial diversity, white people learned to hate other white people as well (…)”
Hhaha, this is perfect. And yes, I totally agree.
Things are just different in Europe. For example, in some countries where there’s a big population of black citizens who were born and raised there, white people can accept them be friends with them while still being very much against immigrants from Africa. It’s much more about what you have to offer to the economy and whether you’re gonna assimilate or cause problems. EU is pretty much the best place to be born out there. People are aware of that and also of what’s going on in Africa or certain parts of Asia, and they don’t want that here.
@Hannah
No one said Europe’s moved beyond race.
Maybe she should talk to Chris Rock. Or better yet, go for a drive with him someday.
Cara seems quite enlightened and what a great little saying she made up. It shows she really thinks about this stuff.
I think it’s nice how she put her relatives on her arm like that. Except they don’t look so angry.
“I dont care what color your skin is blue, green or magenta, it doesnt matter”
It’s important to aspire to a merit-based society, but it’s not OK to be ignorant of the racism that currently exists and that a lot of people face.
Thank You for doing this so I didnt have to.. the Colorblind Crowd always gives me tension Headache
Race exists…strictly as a social construct. Biologically we are all the same. I don’t think she’s trying to say race doesn’t matter, but perhaps that it *shouldn’t* matter. Because it shouldn’t.
I like her, but it’s much easier to think this way when your whole life has been charmed and you’ve always been in the gilded cage.
Only priviledged people say stuff like this and will try and justify it. As a POC it is totally offensive to our daily experiences.
+1
Absolutely.
Exactly.
I’m white, and I grew up believing I wasn’t a racist, that I treated and viewed all people equally… but I also grew up in mostly white neighborhoods and schools. Only in my 20s did I begin to realize the subconscious effects of my privileged socialization… or the fact that my whole life would have revolved around racial differences if I *weren’t* white.
It’s easy to stop thinking or talking about racism when it doesn’t affect every move you make, every interaction you have. I know I’ll never get it. I just don’t know why it’s so hard for other white people to step back and realize they don’t get it either.
Well said Brittney B. I was raised “colourblind” and it wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised all I was really blind to was the very real discrimination and violence POC face on a daily basis. It made me blind to the systematic a structural reality of white supremacy. So while it’s a nice ideal world sentiment, it is about as useful as a chocolate teapot in the real world fight for equality.
Uh-huh.
So it’s a no win situation for a white person, isn’t it? When white people are talking about racism/discrimination/equality they are bashed because, well, they’re white and privilidged so what do they know, they’d better shut up. Yet, when white people are not talking about the issue, they are bashed because they are white, privilidged and apparently they pretend racism doesn’t exist. Give this girl a break, she didn’t mean anything bad.
The point is that people should be able to acknowledge someone’s pain without talking over it. Do you really want to hear a trust fund baby wax poetic about the meaninglessness of money and tell poor people they shouldn’t challenge that opinion because it makes the heir uncomfortable? No, not if or she is incorrect. Her lovely statement bears no resemblance to the reality of many, many people who, through no action of theirs are in a position that reminds them there’s more to race than just ‘human’. It does no good to people who experience that specific reality have it diminished because it doesn’t fit into the utopia that people want to believe exists. Minorities really can’t catch a break if their desire to set boundaries on a conversation about something about which they’re unwilling experts because it’s an affront, then I don’t know. It’s no crime to correct someone and I’d rather be momentarily uncomfortable than on the receiving end of some heinous actions and beliefs.
I don’t agree with this:
“She’s being overly simplistic and trying to say race doesn’t matter, right? Which is the same thing as denying that racism exists”
Those are two different sentiments and one does not equate the other.
She may be being naive and oversimplifying a complex issue but she does not say there is no such thing as racism. If anything it is a point against racism.
This! Imo, this is her way of saying all people are equal and race should not be a consideration. It is not saying racism does not exist or ignoring it. She’s trying to take a stand on what she believes, it’s too bad people are taking it the wrong way. She’s saying race should not be a factor. I’ve said the same thing before and that’s what I believe.
It’s a very kumbaya hippie comment. She’s certainly not trying to offend anyone. I think people are over analyzing her comment.
The social construct of race EXISTS. Funny how these “I’m so colourblind” and “We are just one human race” comments always come from privileged white people who have probably never had to experience discrimination or daily microagressions because of their race. Race definitely exists when you are ‘ranomly seleced’ by airport security, or at its worst, when you become walking targets for power-hungry cops. It’s easy to forget about your race when you have only been receiving privileges because of it all your life.
+1
Lol, I was just thinking the same thing. I’ve yet to hear that nonsense from someone who isn’t white.
What a joke. The girl who’s parents bought her a career thinks she’s somehow passing down a great wisdom.
Yep.
If you “don’t think about race”, it doesn’t make you open-minded or tolerant. It makes you privileged and unaware. I’m embarrassed by these comments, but I’ve had similar thoughts in my past… before I realized that race defines the daily experiences of everyone who isn’t white. Ignoring race isn’t just a luxury; it’s an act of callous indifference, especially when you benefit from the very same racial inequalities that are causing death and devastation and daily pain to so many others.
@Brittney B
Well Said
Thank-you, especially for the remark about callousness. I don’t know if they realise that they’re doing it, but talking about ‘not seeing colour’ ends up re-affirming supremacy because the (invariably white) person has taken it upon himself to have the last and definitive word. It’s said as a way to deflect conversation because ‘I don’t see colour’ effectively means, ‘I don’t want to have this conversation, so I’ll place myself at the top of the morality pyramid which not only means I can comfortably pretend that something doesn’t exist while chastising those who won’t forget that it does.’ You get to cast yourself in the roles of hero and victim simultaneously, but nothing the argument has any basis in reality for those who have their boots on the ground in a non-homogeneous environments. It simply isn’t true.
Exactly. One of my FB friends posted this nonsense on her page about how she wasn’t going to apologize for being white (it was an article)…and I told her WHAT white privilege really was….crickets.
Of course it exist, no ones denying racism exists. But it shouldn’t, because we are all human and equal. We should all be considered one race, instead of being treated differently because of our skin tone.
That’s nice in theory but it seems to go against human nature. We are constantly discriminating against others based on a million things. Nationality, religion, language, culture, socioeconomic background, and the list goes on and on and on. We think in stereotyoes and clichés because it makes it easier for us to grasp the complexity of the world we largely ignore, because they simplify things for us. We have all probably been discriminated against, and yet we will still discriminate against others even if we remember how horrible it felt to be on the receiving end. It’s not pretty, but it’s true….
+infinity.
Well, it’s definitely coming from a point of privilege. I used to say things like that too at her age. She’s not wrong, really, but there are cultural realities I think it’s best to look at critically. I used to be a “compassionate conservative” who believed strongly in a “color-blind” world, where everyone would be judged on their own merits and given a fair shake. It took me a few decades until I learned that arrogant that idea was for me to have. I still have that ideal and that belief in equality, but it’s total privilege to be able to turn your face away from the world we live in. It’s privilege not to have to think about privilege. If you’re not in the privileged group, it is in your face every day. Cara is young, and I think she means well, but it takes a certain amount of maturity and experience to be able to see past your own nose sometimes. (Also, fair and equal are not the same thing at all). As humans, naturally, I believe there is no such thing as race. In this world of social constructs we have built for ourselves for thousands of years, the situation is more complicated and hopefully it won’t take us thousands of more years to reconcile it, especially without losing an appreciation for cultures other than our own. We are all still learning. I thought I was openminded and compassionate at Cara’s age. I may read this comment somehow years from now and shake my head at how sheltered and naive I am now.
So as a human, you agree with her, but since she’s young, white and priviledged, she’s wrong, sheltered and naive? What should she have said?
I’m sorry. I phrased that badly. I should have said, as humans, biologically, spiritually, there isn’t a difference between us, all of us. I did not mean that as a human I agreed with her, I admit that I am also not communicating my point as well as I would like. And I am sorry if I implied that because she is young and white and privileged she is naive. I think her words show that she is naive, however well-meant they were, and the conditions of her being young and white and privileged may make it more difficult for her.Perhaps I am projecting too much of my own life’s journey onto her.
And she only had 140 characters. I’m having difficulty with a lot more characters available to me!
No need to apologize! I’m just trying to understand this different point of view and I’m having problems with that. Being an idealist is part of youth and I think it should be celebrated. We need both idealists and realists in this world.
None of us are able to comprehend all of the different problems people in different cultures have to face. We can barely understand people in our own culture! So I think it’s a bit harsh to judge her, especially when her heart seems to be in the right place.
this one line in which nobody knows what shes talking about got her a page on this site so…that’s probably why she did it…for attention?
kinda cheap, no?
A few other commenters have touched upon the golden hallmark comments of: “I’m informed! I’m enlightened! I’m not part of the problem!”
This plus the good ol American ‘melting pot’ as well as the ‘I don’t care if you’re blue, green or purple!” come from such a place of privelage and naïveté it borders into offensiveness.
Sure Cara, we’re all one amazing race with no biological or cultural differences or inherent biases and discrimination forced upon us. Yup, and this country is a great ‘melting pot’ where all ‘others’ lose their identities to fit into a culture that tends to shield and reward you more if you’re white.
Not discussing a problem doesn’t make it go away.
Evidently discussing a problem doesn’t make it go away either, so what do you suggest? I think people are being overly harsh. Cara isn’t saying that racism doesn’t exist, she’s just stating an ideal. Maybe said statement isn’t helpful, but I don’t think it’s harmful to wish for everyone to treat each other as human. Unrealistic, but not harmful.
I’ve calmed down a bit about it. She sent a tweet, not a dissertation. Maybe she understands more than I am giving her credit for. That one out-of-context line just struck me as terribly head-in-the-clouds. I’m an INFP idealist myself.
I suggest we actually handle the problem, furthermore we haven’t had any real ‘talks’ yet.
We’ve had placating, sweeping under the rug, whitewashing, ignoring, and condemning in droves with a few words tossed in but no real cohesive and productive conversations meant to help mend the wound.
I think the issue with Cara’s statement and why some are responding negatively is because it feeds back into what I said above. It’s placating. Yup, we’re all humans. We’re all part of the ‘human’ race. Except some of us humans are more likely to be arrested than other humans. Some of us are more likely to live in poverty and face health crisis because we’re the ‘other’ humans. Some of us humans colonized other humans and knocked them off their own cultural development by dozens to hundreds of years. So yay…we’re all humans…it’s a wonderful sentiment but that’s like wishing for world peace, wishing ain’t gonna be enough.
You’re absolutely right. Wishing isn’t going to be enough, but does that make it wrong to wish? I think it’s a stretch to call this placating. It’s a head in the clouds idealized statement for sure, but I think it’s a positive sentiment. And to be fair, humans of all colors have enslaved humans of all colors since the beginning of time. It’s an ugly side of human nature. Will “cohesive and productive conversations” mend such a wound? Not saying these conversations are pointless, I just think there’s such deep rooted inequality that words won’t be enough.
Actually, scientifically speaking, she’s entirely correct. Race is a social construct.
Thank you. I can understand that a one-liner like this, coming from some overprivileged white girl, is annoying at best to people who’ve experienced real racism, but technically she’s not wrong. Also, I don’t know what it’s like in the UK, but here in Germany ‘race’ is not a word you use in relation to people unless you’re a Nazi. Very much like the n-word. words are used differently in different places.
True. I remember this video someone posted about “white latinos” in the US, and how the girl couldnt decide which box to check for race: whether white or hispanic. That struck me as odd.
NEVER UNDERSTOOD why americans call “latino” a race!!! Like, first of all CARA’S RIGHT, it’s not coming from a privileged situation, it’s common knowledge for anybody that went to elementary school anywhere but the US, what you call race is ethnicity, but even then; “latino” “black person born in the US/african american” are not ethnicities, maybe subcultures, like any group anywhere is. There are caucassian, jew, arab, asian, black, indian, aborigen/native american (as in the whole continent) people who live/are united statians, british, brasilians, chinese, etc etc.
Only in USA Latino is a race. I always say I am White because of my skin color is and my family is all White but it is not understandable. I am from Brazil and my surname is italian that is more complicated.
I filled out a form the other day where one of the questions was which race you were; there was no “human” checkbox.
Lol! Spot on!
Which country was this? Over here, asking anyone what race they are would be akin to questioning if they are human at all. Someone might ask what nationality or ethnicity you are, but never use the word “race”.
I was going to ask the same, where was this? I’m trying to think if I ever had to fill out anything like this,b ut I don’t think so. Only nationality. Again, I feel people are jumping at her and forget that maybe some words are used differently here.
Google the words: ‘race box’ and a dozen pictures pop up, many with no mention of ethnicity.
It’s quite easy to investigate.
@Amy That’s quite horrible. Why would you want to hold onto that sort of wording?
A friend of mine said she had to check the “race box” when she travelled to the US. She was going to check white (she was fair and blue eyed) but was told to check Hispanic because she was from Spain. It really does seem to be more social than biological. Made no sense to me because nationality does not determine “race” necessarily.
The US. If race were not an issue, then why was such a big deal made when Obama was elected the first black president? The census bureau uses race on their forms, affirmative action is based on race, people get upset when a white cop shoots a black person, etc. etc. Saying there is only one race, the human race, is rather silly.
@meme I think we are having problems communicating. What the Europeans are saying is that using the word “race” to identify people of different ethnicities is incredibly racist in the first place…to us. It’s like casually calling women “bitches”. Completely not OK. So from that perspective it’s very difficult to understand why someone would want to defend such wording and want to be seen as different races, instead of human.
That does not mean that there aren’t problems between different cultures or that people wouldn’t be profiled. It’s just that, at least from my personal perspective, it would be better to try to find the common ground instead of wanting to maintain a divide. Especially one that’s based on history of terrible abuse of groups of people (and claiming that they are of different race, instead of humans).
but there should be.
I was gonna rant a Lot/little bit about the Idiocy behind this statement BUT The Amys, Maya , Ineedanap, shelley kinda Handled it already so, Bye Cokehead Model Schooling us about things she really can’t Speak to
Right? Sometimes I read these threads just to see how the allies show up.
Being endorsed by QQ! Life achievement unlocked! 😀
Really? If she had said “every one’s skin is the same color” I could see your outrage. But she didn’t. As a scientist, it has always irked me how the word ‘race’ is misused in the US.
I take away two things from this story: I’m glad I didn’t have money or the internet when I was 22.
Ha! True.
I’m the same age as her and I know better than this.
That is reassuring.
Google “Race” and come back. CAUSE YOU ARE WRONG.
God yes.
I mean… she’s right. Biologically speaking, there IS only one race. Racism, however, is absolutely real. We can’t say what she meant since she didn’t follow up that tweet with anything else.
Yes! Pretend I said what k said.
Being black is a huge part of my identity and it means a lot to me. I hate it when people say sh*t like this. No we are not all one human race and we shouldn’t have to see ourselves that way in order to get along. What needs to happen is people need to be more tolerant of our differences instead of pretending they don’t exist.
But as people said above, race is purely a social construct. That doesn’t make it any less part of your identity.
I think we all identify with the different groups we belong to (unless something bad has happened, in which case some want to reject their origins). To be part of a bigger group does not mean that you can’t also be part of the smaller groups.
The 1980s Schoolhouse Rock ideal of the great American melting pot is out of vogue now. Multiculturalism and diversity are ideals of trying to preserve our cultural identities and not homogenizing (sp?) everything. I definitely subscribe to the latter while stressing equality and fairness and understanding. You should never have to give up any of who you are to belong and have a place.
We are all part of the same human *species*, but to say that race doesn’t exist is ridiculous imo. Forensic anthropologists can tell in short order what racial group a person belonged to just by looking at their skull. There are differences obviously, the real question is whether or not they matter.
My friend is an anthropologie student and they were making a survey and in the title they were specifically told to put “people who identify as black” rather than black people.
Why are people throwing so much shade on Angry Baby for this tweet? She’s just trying to say that we shouldn’t be defined as white people, black people etc. but rather as just people.
Racism exists because certain people *want* it to exist. They need it. It validates them, excuses their misbehavior, provides them with purpose. Look at the attack on this simple lovely viewpoint. If you find yourself snarling at her words, then you seriously need to self-reflect. *You* are part of the problem. That is all.
Even though you’re attempting to be oblique, your comment is still dripping with racism.
An awareness of history and sociology =/= racism imo.
Damn right I’m part of your problem.
Loud, not backing down, not smiling sheepishly or shucking and jiving, getting stronger and more informed everyday, making it tough for you to feel all powerful, becoming more successful and beautiful while your bitter words slide past my wings.
Pleased to meet you.
I don’t have a problem but I’m stuck with someone else’s.
Go Amy!!!
So she basically admitted that she only did Suicide Squad for the paycheck then.
You know, I never understood what was so wrong about doing a project for a paycheck, anyway. I bagged groceries and waited tables for a paycheck. I’m not sitting in an office today cataloging electronic library books for my health. It’s like we hold people in the creative professions to a higher standard. Even John Lennon and Paul McCartney sat down at the piano and said sometimes, “Let’s write a swimming pool today.”
I agree. Furthermore if she wants to be an actress she might have to take roles that aren’t her dream to get a foot in the door.
If she just sat there and waited for the perfect role to apprear or just not work at all people would call her spoiled and arrogant.
I didn’t take her comment as saying that racism doesn’t exist or that we should ignore it. I took it as her saying that racism should not exist because we’re all humans first and foremost. If that’s what she means, then technically she’s right, but her comment is too vague and doesn’t show that she acknowledges any of her privilege as a white person, or how for her, race doesn’t have to be a huge part of her identity because she was born at the top of the racial hierarchy. She probably should have elaborated more or given more context, even though it is twitter.
As a side note, I love her tattoo.
anthropologically speaking, she is correct. “race” is a man-made construct. biologically, we are all one race.
I once had a pretty, white, blonde, blue-eyed neighbor who was the weekend morning anchor on a local network station who felt the same way as Cara – that is, until ‘the black girl’ got the only weekday morning slot to open in years.
My neighbor’s tuned changed pretty quick, but I’m sure it’s just because the other girl wasn’t as qualified.
I didn’t see her statement as being colorblind. I saw it as an idealistic statement of what should be. It was speaking up against the racism that is still very much an everyday presence in our society. See what I did there? My interpretation is just a valid as the assumption that she is being colorblind and not acknowledging that racism exists. It was a one sentence statement without any context. I genuinely felt moved by it because of the way I interpreted it.
Oh Cara! Why can people not understand this? My heart is so broken over all the hate and disrespect. As though by finally living the life she wants, all her past accomplishments should be negated and she should be treated like trash. These miserable haters could only dream of accomplishing 1/10 of what she has. I am so distressed that, in this day and age, we still feel the need to single out people who we need to depict as somehow beneath us. It is ludicrous. Why can we not learn to coexist in peace? I will NEVER understand why people cannot see that we are all part of the same race.
Cara is merely quoting from a song “One love” by 2face Idibia