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Black women, I love you.
I want to say that upfront because we have to put up with so much on a daily basis, and while many of us carry the load with our heads held high, we shouldn’t have to.
Black women get weary.
It gets exhausting existing in spaces where you have to constantly advocate for your basic humanity.
People are dismissive of our experiences even when they are there to witness them.
This was the case for Angelica Ross.
In case you missed it, our good sis has been busy this week.
Ross, who has appeared in multiple seasons of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story,” took to social media this week to air out her grievances with both Murphy and her “AHS 1984” costar Emma Roberts.
The 12th season of the anthology series, “American Horror Story: Delicate,” premiered Wednesday night on FX. Earlier that morning, Ross took to Instagram Live to discuss experiences she had with Roberts while on the set of the series.
Ross said during the filming of a scene, Roberts playfully told the director (presumably John J. Gray, according to Variety), “Angelica is being mean.”
The director responded by saying, “OK, ladies, you know, that’s enough. Let’s get back to work.”
Ross, who is transgender, said Roberts looked directly at her and quipped, “Don’t you mean lady?”
The implication there is Roberts saw herself as the only woman involved in that exchange, and that is disgusting.
Ross said she thought to herself, “Like, what the fuck did you just say?”
“I’m standing there, she walked away, my blood is boiling. Boiling…
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