Disney is defending the hosting of a new ‘Star Wars’ web series amid a setback on tweets that some consider white people.
Krystina Arielle announced this month that she will be hosting ‘The High Republic Show’, a web series that offers news and insights on the latest multimedia sub-series from the hugely popular science fiction franchise.
Shortly after Arielle was announced as the host of the new bi-monthly program, some combed her tweets from the past and found that in a somewhat harsh term, the role of white people in dismantling racism is being talked about.
The setback became so severe that it prompted the official ‘Star Wars’ Twitter account to issue a statement defending the host and exposing ‘bullying and racism’.
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“Our Star Wars community is one of hope and inclusivity. We do not stand for bullying and racism. We support @KrystinaArielle,” the tweet reads.
Hours later, Arielle took to Twitter to share some of the ominous and racist reactions she received in light of the old tweets. Screenshots of comments, tweets, emails and more show people saying she was only hired by the Disney franchise because of the color of her skin, and sent her emojis of monkeys and appealed to people around her still more harassing for her view on race in America.
“You deserve all the hatred you get,” reads one chilling message.
However, it looks like Airelle is taking the hatred in his shift. She endorsed the images with a tweet, “We’ve not been the biggest in the last 24 hours …”
She then shared the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou.
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The presenter of ‘The High Republic Show’, Krystina Arielle, was defended by ‘Star Wars’ after facing racist comments.
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Like many, Arielle was outspoken about the race during the summer when the country struggled with protests caused by the death of George Floyd in May by police. Several tweets she shared during the summer are calling on white people for what she believes are performative acts of solidarity.
“Just a reminder that white women are just as complicit in upholding and upholding white rule,” she wrote about an Axios article on Kayleigh McEnany defending the use of the term “Kung flu” to describe the coronavirus.
“You do not have to comment under every post about racism that you want to try to be better.” “Read x, y, z.” Any combination of white people, if you are white people. I do not care. Conversations are cheap. I’m not here to investigate your liability. ” she wrote in a separate tweet in June.
In October, shortly after the presidential debate, she lamented two white candidates discussing racism.
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“When I see two white men discussing racism they will never experience, it will never sit with me. # Debates2020,” she wrote.
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She continued in a follow-up tweet: “White men: this is not the topic for you to try to speak authoritatively in my comments. I said what I said.”