That may be a little much. She has gotten ping-ed by twitter over the past year when going overboard with a variety of topics I'll admit, but it is quite a stretch to claim as you did that she has a problem with straight black men. Where's the proof in that? The mistake she made was in not being able to differentiate black guys and white guys as so far as opportunities are concerned in this example you cited. That's just laziness or tone deafness, not necessarily hostile. This is an issue at time for several so-called progressive white female celebs and journalists. We could start a whole thread on that bullshit alone because it is annoying as fuck. Star Wars is a perfect example in which they pay exclusive attention on how the first female (white) jedi lead is portrayed but ignore how the first non-white leading character is portrayed .Oh, let me not go on a rant. Anyway, back to Chastain...give her a break. She has co-signed the remarks and words of plenty straight black men on twitter alone over the years; you probably just never came across them. She appears to have a great rapport with Elba too.
That's the past and I have noted her past. The past few months has been different. She tends to overreact a lot. Could be her ignorance and ton deafness, but be aware that ignorant people don't notice their own ignorance, in fact your the one that is wrong to them. And when you have people backing you, they will most definitely believe the overboard things they think and say, like with crazy ass Rose Mcgowan. I'm just being aware of where this type of laziness and tone deafness can lead to. Maybe I did myself go overboard calling her racist, but I'm just aware that racial ignorance can lead to racism.
She has been called out this past summer for her remarks regarding MLK quotes A fan brought up a Martin Luther King Jr. quote, the same man that Chastain herself was quoting, talking about a
specific type of white person, and Chastain’s gut response was to take it personally and get defensive.
And she supports Lena Dunham who herself has made racist comments and showed her hypocrisy of the whole "just believe women" thing when Aurora Perrineau accused her writer on her show and friend of raping her and she defended him and chose to believe him over Aurora.
She mentioned that it was sad that there were no WOC in the issue the magazine THE ENVELOPE, but only AFTER she took the pic with all white women on the cover and people brought it to her attention.
You are right about her tone deafness, but this is a grown woman how long can that be an excuse?
Have you ever seen a progressive talk about issues and then turn around and do the opposite or do absolutely NOTHING to contribute to change?
Where in the past couple of months of her promoting this movie she have given props to Idris? The only guy she has mentioned is the writer/director. I know she has given props to him in the past, again I'm not talking about her past. She doesn't have to applaud her co-star, but she also doesn't have to applaud her writer/director. BOTH who have received praise for this movie by the critics.
