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Ingram posted multiple examples of racist messages and comments on Instagram, noting that she has received hundreds of messages, including the N-word.
“There’s nothing anyone can do about this. There’s nothing anyone can do to stop this hatred,” she said in a video posted to her Instagram Stories.
“What’s bothering me is…this feeling of, I should just shut up and accept it, I should just grin and put up with it. And I’m not built that way,” she continued. “Thank you to the people who pop up for me in the comments and in the places I’m not going to put myself. And to the rest of you, all of you weird.”
Ingram’s experiences after her “Star Wars” debut have become a trend — actors John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran have also spoken out about the racist hatred they received after appearing in the “Star Wars” movies.
Tran, the first woman of color to star in a “Star Wars” movie, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about the harassment she received after starring in “The Last Jedi” in 2017. The hatred became so intense that Tran left social media and spent time in therapy.
Even earlier, in 2014, Boyega’s appearance in the trailer for “The Force Awakens” sparked an entire #BlackStormtrooper social media movement, after many reacted to his casting with suspicion and racist comments.
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