How would the cast address ongoing issues of police brutality amid the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement?
“I wanted to do it in a way that was still in-your-face, but artistically.”
“In high school, people would say, ‘You’re not like the rest of them.’
Symone walks the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ runway in a Black Lives Matter Fascinating Fascinators look.World of Wonder
None of those things matter in some people’s eyes.
I’m still Black.
So, she incorporated a “hands up, don’t shoot” pose into her glacial walk.
I wasn’t going to let making people uncomfortable make me not do what I wanted to do.”
You just have to be aware of that.
I don’t think she had any malice behind that statement, I truly don’t.
But you have to be conscious of those things.
Especially with what we experienced over the summer."
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