Demand Matt Damon apologize to Effie Brown!
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Matt Damon just used his status as an influential white man in Hollywood to interrupt and whitesplain diversity to a successful Black woman filmmaker, Effie Brown.
While raising concerns that an all white male directing team might not be the best choice to properly direct a movie about a Black female prostitute who is slapped by her white pimp - Matt Damon decided to cut her off and whitesplained diversity to Effie Brown. Damon told her that diversity behind the camera doesn't matter.
Matt Damon couldn’t be more wrong. The hard data and the lived experiences of Black Americans show that is absolutely not true. Who is behind the camera matters. If there were more Effie Browns in the film industry — and if she weren't interrupted by white directors — we would see not just more diversity in actors, but also more diversity in the roles that they play.
Known throughout Hollywood as a liberal activist, Matt Damon should be using his status to champion diversity and women of color, not asserting his privilege over them. Demand he apologize!