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We Need To Talk About Why Highly-Visible Black Women Are Still Invisible
Whiteness is still the obstacle
We really need to talk about why famed filmmaker, Ava DuVernay, who is responsible for some of the most prolific slew of hits like Selma, and ambitious undertakings, like A Wrinkle in Time, is still regulated to the diminishing effects of being a highly-accomplished Black woman, who is nonsensically mistaken for her fellow counterparts.
DuVernay recently tweeted about the messiness of receiving eager shoutouts from “non-Black folks in Hollywood,” who inexplicably assume that she’s the mastermind behind the lenses for Harriet and the newly released Queen & Slim.
We have to agree that this is a regular occurrence that goes beyond the realm of celebrity. White folks have this nasty habit of viewing Black folks with reckless adherence. It normally involves lumping our features into the collage of indistinguishability, so as to minimize our given individuality.
