Actress Taryn Manning says she’s been “attacked” by white women over her new film “Karen.” The title of film — and the name of her character — has become a catch-all term in recent years for white women that engage in petulant, racist and sometimes outright dangerous behaviors, often directed at people of color. “I was, kind of, taking it on head first and, like, responding to people, you know, ‘I’m so sorry you feel that way,’” she said in a clip for an interview with Mr. Warburton magazine. “I was attacked a lot by white women who felt that I had betrayed my own race.”In the BET movie, Manning’s character, the aptly-named Karen White, makes various microaggressions against her Black neighbors and even threatens to call the manager on an innocent restaurant patron. Despite accusations from some critics that “Karen” was “damaging and irresponsible” and “just a tactic to further divide us,” Manning insists that her intentions for taking the project were pure. “I know when a subject is so active, it’s like an active nerve right now, a lot of people aren’t taking it well,” the “Orange is the New Black” star told the outlet.

Source: The Star July 19, 2022 18:56 UTC