Dear Mrs. Pinkett-Smith and supporters,
I just finished watching your childish video despite my severe lack of care for this issue. After days of it being beat into my head by every news network on the planet, I figured it was my duty to finally watch yet another celebrity living in their multi-million dollar homes bitch about life not being fair. And here is what I thought.
First of all, if the Oscars are “too white” please explain to me why the most recognized movie this year is one that was direct by Alejandro González Iñárritu, a Mexican director. Why don’t you say what you REALLY want to – you think the Oscars or “not black enough” and your ridiculous boycott is due to the fact that your husband was not nominated. Not nominated for a movie that I cannot personally find one person who actually has heard of it, let alone watched it. Look, I love Will Smith but this isn’t his year. Sorry. Please don’t scream racism because you didn’t get your way. And please don’t go around throwing white people under the bus because you think something is…dark enough.
I have absolutely had it with all this PC crap. Since when did we become a country of whiners? Oh, Mrs. Pinkett-Smith your life must be so hard. You are in one of the hottest TV shows, although I personally lost interest in it midway through the first season. I did like your role in Magic Mike 2 however. I thought it was pretty cool to show the role reversal of a powerful women in charge of lots of hot men. So many hot men…oh, okay I’m getting off topic. You have been very successful in your career, as well as your husband and children. I’m sure you all have seen your fair share of rejection, that is after the all the industry. I remember seeing a story where a Meryl Streep was called “too ugly” for a role. You chose to be in this industry so you have to face the rejections – and I for one commend you because I would never be able to handle that kind of rejection. However, aside from someone actually telling you that you don’t get the role because you are black, you cannot go around calling people racist just because you think so. I’m not naïve, I know racist people exist and just a FYI they aren’t all white. And I believe there is a potential for this or other award shows to perhaps show a biased but “too white” is beyond the wrong description.
And lastly, in your video you say something along the lines of “to beg for acknowledgement is to diminish respect and power” to paraphrase. But Mrs. Pinkett-Smith, isn’t that exactly what you are doing? You are just begging for attention and acknowledgement while you sit in your comfortable, gigantic house that I would most likely get lost in. You demand respect and call for a boycott, however, it is you that chooses to continue with the segregation. You demand to be acknowledge because you are black. Isn’t that right? You want to be treated equal but then demand special recognition because you are black. Call me a racist if you want but there are white actors that were not nominated or have never been nominated and you don’t see their youtube videos whining about it. Perhaps it’s not because they are white but because they are adults. They put on their big girl and boy panties and went back to work just like every other adult in this country, world. As I sit here typing this I have a little over a hundred dollars in my bank account. I own a small condo in a crappy neighborhood and have a husband and infant to take care. I work anywhere from 40-70 hours a week, including early mornings and late nights in addition to caring for my son (I’m a work from home mom) during the days. I have help from my husband when he gets home from work but I am exhausted 24/7. I haven’t gotten a raise in over three years and we barely make enough to pay our bills. So please spare me the “white privilege” bullshit. I work my ass off and I don’t complain. I enjoy the time I have with my family and we make the most of what we have. I don’t cry sexism when I don’t get my way or try to blame it on anything or one. I pull myself up and work even harder despite NEVER getting acknowledgement at work.
***My family is truly a mixing pot – my family consists of Mexicans, Peruvians, Whites, Blacks, Gays, Straights, short people, tall people, fat people (and I’m proud of it!) skinny people, incredibly smart and sometimes incredibly dumb people. I’ve dated Middle Eastern guys, Mexican guys, as well as white guys. My point is that every single one of these people, including my exes (maybe like 85% of my exes), is dear to my heart and if someone treated any of them differently because of race, sexual orientation, or size I would be pissed. I would stand up for each and every one of them until the day I die but they don’t go around calling something it’s not just because they didn’t get their way.
Grow up. If you want to fight for equality, stop asking to be acknowledge because you are “different”.
Sincerely,
The Inappropriate Momma ;-*
