Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones
@MonicaBaumann @StrangelEdweird @FreeBlckThought @LeonydusJohnson Precisely. They want it both ways. To claim race doesn't and shouldn't matter, but then if anyone besides a white person is cast as fictional mermaid character it can only be due to race. It's irrelevant who Halle Bailey is and how her talents and cultural impact led to the role. — PolitiTweet.org