Come Get Ya Girl: Here’s Why The Color Purple Is Trending Today

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Here's Why The Color Purple Is Trending

Actress Elizabeth Banks really tried to get woke on us. She talked about women in film and said that it's ridiculous that Steven Spielberg never directed a movie with a female lead. https://twitter.com/TheWrap/status/875092960487985152 But there's one problem. He directed The Color Purple, which of course has Whoopi Goldberg as the lead. While many might see this as a regular oversight, it speaks to a larger problem. So often white feminism ignores the progress and existence of black women. So Elizabeth Banks, in trying to prop up feminism, ignored black women. Typical. Take a look at how Twitter got her together and went after people trying to diminish the movie's impact. https://twitter.com/EricHaywood/status/875346383510749184 https://twitter.com/Chrisworldpeace/status/875182136516653056 https://twitter.com/BrianWCollins/status/875150614740688899 https://twitter.com/EricHaywood/status/875340958790852609 https://twitter.com/ReignOfApril/status/875343450434097152 https://twitter.com/iamlaurenp/status/875355276051857414 https://twitter.com/darleneturner53/status/875349088270790657 https://twitter.com/Kaliafornia/status/875332250988154880 https://twitter.com/crissles/status/875341271249891329 https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/875357359324839937 https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/875361215165353985 https://twitter.com/tokenblackchick/status/875351994512420866 https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/875356764371386369 https://twitter.com/searchforbetter/status/875386918271414274 https://twitter.com/BlackNerdJade/status/875338159206395904