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Post by fretslider on Mar 15, 2020 6:42:13 GMT -5
An apology to Laurence Fox in regards to comments from the race equality group, Equity, has sparked a string of resignations.
The entire committee from Equity has resigned in protest after the actors’ union apologised on behalf of the group and paid an out-of-court settlement to the actor after he threatened to sue them for libel. Equity had previously criticised the former star of the detective drama, Lewis, about his views on race.
The minority ethnic members of Equity had called Fox “a disgrace to our industry” when the actor spoke on Question Time in January. On the BBC discussion show, Mr Fox insisted press criticism of Meghan Markle was not rooted in racism.
Fox also insisted it was “racist” for an audience member to call him “a white, privileged male.”
After Question Time aired, minority representatives of the actors’ union took to Twitter to accused Fox of wanting to “berate and buy women of colour attempting to discuss issues of race and gender discrimination”.
They said Fox was “playing to the gallery, a populist tirade, with women of colour being used as cannon fodder”. Also adding he “occupied a highly advantaged position” while trying to “damn any recognition of that privilege as the very racism he claims is exaggerated when people of colour try to discuss it”.
Today the actors’ union issued a statement apologising for the comments which read: “We are sorry that in the tweets he was called a ‘disgrace’ by Equity.
“It was a mistake for Equity as an organisation to criticise him in this way.
“Nothing in Equity’s later statement was intended as a slur on his character or views, or to suggest that he should be denied the ability to work.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1255100/Laurence-Fox-Equity-hit-with-resignations-after-apologising-for-disgrace-comments
Sometimes the faux outrage from the "oppressed" artistic and academic left backfires and makes the target somewhat bulletproof - eg, Jordan Peterson. Can't touch him now.
The entire committee from Equity has resigned in protest after the actors’ union apologised on behalf of the group and paid an out-of-court settlement to the actor after he threatened to sue them for libel. Equity had previously criticised the former star of the detective drama, Lewis, about his views on race.
The minority ethnic members of Equity had called Fox “a disgrace to our industry” when the actor spoke on Question Time in January. On the BBC discussion show, Mr Fox insisted press criticism of Meghan Markle was not rooted in racism.
Fox also insisted it was “racist” for an audience member to call him “a white, privileged male.”
After Question Time aired, minority representatives of the actors’ union took to Twitter to accused Fox of wanting to “berate and buy women of colour attempting to discuss issues of race and gender discrimination”.
They said Fox was “playing to the gallery, a populist tirade, with women of colour being used as cannon fodder”. Also adding he “occupied a highly advantaged position” while trying to “damn any recognition of that privilege as the very racism he claims is exaggerated when people of colour try to discuss it”.
Today the actors’ union issued a statement apologising for the comments which read: “We are sorry that in the tweets he was called a ‘disgrace’ by Equity.
“It was a mistake for Equity as an organisation to criticise him in this way.
“Nothing in Equity’s later statement was intended as a slur on his character or views, or to suggest that he should be denied the ability to work.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1255100/Laurence-Fox-Equity-hit-with-resignations-after-apologising-for-disgrace-comments
Sometimes the faux outrage from the "oppressed" artistic and academic left backfires and makes the target somewhat bulletproof - eg, Jordan Peterson. Can't touch him now.