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Damn, Gina!
This is what Black Twitter had to say to “Jane The Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez who claimed she was “devastated” by being labelled as “anti-black” for a series of questionable comments, including eye-raising statements on equal pay claiming that Black women make more than Latinas.
(This may be true in the general workforce, but definitely not in Hollywood.)
When asked about it on “Sway in the Morning” on SiriusXM the actress replied, “I never said actresses. I wasn’t speaking about my industry. I always find it difficult to talk about equal pay as a woman who makes a substantial amount of money…What I was saying, was that when we talk about equal pay, we have to talk about intersectionality because we all must rise,” a tearful Rodriguez expressed.
“And so the backlash was devastating to say the least because the black community was the only community I looked towards growing up.”
She added, “We didn’t have many Latino shows and the black community made me feel like I was seen. So to get anti-black is to say I’m anti-family.”
“If I have hurt you, I am sorry, and I will always be sorry,” she concluded. “You have to know, until you know my heart, there is no way we can live off clickbait.”
She then said her “dark skinned” father is Afro-Latino, yet….he looks like this:
Girl.
Maybe in her head, she isn’t problematic, but Black Twitter had receipts and words for the actress and her “fake tears.”
Huh? Gina Rodriguez Says She Isn’t Anti-Black, Her Dad Has ‘Dark Skin’ was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
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Lmaooooo @ Gina Rodriguez's "dark skinned" dad. Help. https://t.co/aBWhiUAfoc
— monique, who is openly Black (@thejournalista) January 23, 2019
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Gina rodriguez calling her father dark skin when he’s 1 shade darker than her has spun me.
— rollerskate stan account (@loudnaijagirl) January 23, 2019
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Gina Rodriguez “I relate to the black community the most” pic.twitter.com/53EGHm04Pc
— MakeupGeek❤ (@_blackaida) January 23, 2019
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Gina Rodriguez could easily acknowledge that her past comments were antiblack (regardless of if she didn't intend them to be) and learn to do better and grow but she rather play victim
— tai 🥳🎂 (@bluinmoonlight) January 23, 2019
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Gina Rodriguez: “my dad is dark-skinned” “the black community is MY community” pic.twitter.com/CxGDslo44d
— fatima🌶 (@babyphatima) January 23, 2019
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gina rodriguez: *is anti black, constantly puts black women down to favor “all women”, probably doesn’t know the difference between race and ethnicity*
— dij (@kimpossihoe) January 23, 2019
gina rodriguez when she gets called out on it: https://t.co/7RhSPp46Gu
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Remember when Black Panther came out and Gina Rodriguez was all "what about the Latinos, when will we get a chance" then Crazy Rich Asians came out and she was so supportive and excited?
— Alex (@ACindahouzzz) January 23, 2019
Girl go on somewhere with those fake ass tears. pic.twitter.com/F1Ip06vCsg
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Gina Rodriguez really pulls every excuse in the book to avoid admitting she's anti-black instead of 1) just freaking admitting that she is and 2) actively taking steps to retify that & change for the better pic.twitter.com/gxfazXumNi
— Dee (@mosdeedee) January 23, 2019
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Can someone tell Gina Rodriguez to keep black women from out of her mouth? pic.twitter.com/r6PMygDeHM
— KimmyJan (@Johnny__Wadd) January 23, 2019
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Gina Rodriguez: “The Black community was the only community I looked towards growing up.”
— An Openly Black. (@theKelizabeth82) January 23, 2019
The Black community: pic.twitter.com/RWhqnUAf3L
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Gina Rodriguez: *fake cries because the darkies were mean to her*
— An Openly Black. (@theKelizabeth82) January 23, 2019
The Darkies: pic.twitter.com/nc4E5lLvsE
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Gina Rodriguez: *panders to Black people so we’ll watch her lil show*
— An Openly Black. (@theKelizabeth82) January 23, 2019
Black people: pic.twitter.com/1rzUTyTYJ6
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Gina Rodriguez: *still hasn’t said anything about the first on-screen Afro Latino superhero*
— An Openly Black. (@theKelizabeth82) January 23, 2019
Everyone with eyes and ears to see and hear her bullshit: pic.twitter.com/fT6zfKHD74
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Gina Rodriguez: “If anything, the Black community is my community.”
— An Openly Black. (@theKelizabeth82) January 23, 2019
The Black Community: pic.twitter.com/vwgp1uxCIc
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gina rodriguez: i can’t believe people are mad at me because i hate niggers
— ⛓lyriq 𖤐 (@neovenoms) January 23, 2019
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So between Gina Rodriguez and Taraji P. acting out of pocket just today are PR firms working overtime because WOW!
— Witchy-Woos (@CocoaMochaCrml) January 23, 2019
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So, Gina about your antiblackness...
— Carlos “you know ima need a bag for it” Enrique (@TitoTitoq85) January 23, 2019
Gina Rodriguez: pic.twitter.com/fNJbcgW0IF