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Jane Fonda sparked some discussion when she asserted that the reason why the public cared so much about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment controversy because the women who spoke out were famous and white.
“This has been going on a long time to black women and other women of color and it doesn’t get out quite the same,” she told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes in an interview.
.@Janefonda with the 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/oHPwUJ1q2B
— Candace Smith Chekwa (@CandaceSmith_) October 26, 2017
Her comments were praised by many.
https://twitter.com/britnidlc/status/923607022691586050
My love for Jane Fonda grows every day. https://t.co/8jmKlbWI9K
— Sadiya Ansari (@SadiyaAnsari) October 27, 2017
Just walked out my front door, screamed "I love Jane Fonda," walked back inside and opened a beer.
— Kendra Alvey 👻 (@Kendragarden) October 26, 2017
Some used her words to analyze real-life examples.
https://twitter.com/youngsinick/status/923684525997256704
https://twitter.com/PushaCeeeeee/status/923736083405434881
It was even noted that of all the women who accused Weinstein of misconduct, he spent an unprecedented effort directly disputing claims made by actress Lupita Nyong’o.
But Lupita isn't white though. It erases black women completely.
— bone.apple.tea (@kosep1988) October 26, 2017
That's the point of her statement lol
— My name is (@Arrion_Jerod) October 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/bricisne/status/923698018704015360
Others took it a step further, saying that the sentiment didn’t go viral until a white woman said it in an interview:
🗣🗣🗣 (tbh this article has an …interesting tone, just found it interesting that it took a white woman to say this for it to be an article) https://t.co/p02xNmvQaP
— Misty Coreno (@cristy_moreno1) October 27, 2017
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