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I never know what to make of well-intentioned white liberals. They always seem so sincere despite their inability to recognize just how much they benefit from the status quo. The problem has always been what to do about it. If they renounce their privilege, it feels performative, and if they use it to advance people of color, then it feels like ham-fisted pandering.on “The Drew Barrymore Show” and did the thing where she sits uncomfortably close to her guest during the interview.
And then, with the kind of heartfelt, nurturing tone that only a well-intentioned white liberal can muster, Barrymore made the whole interview cringy AF.“That’s a great segue to say that I keep thinking in my head that we all need a mom,” Barrymore said. “I’ve been thinking that we really all need a tremendous hug in the world right now. But in our country, we need you to be ‘Momala’ of the country.”Harris’ face, which was a mix of laughter and dread, said it all.
Think about it for a second. Barrymore had the most powerful woman in the world on her couch, and she asked that woman, who is Asian and Black, to be America’s stepmom. She didn’t call for policy change, or push for Harris to use her platform to inform viewers about the importance of November’s election. Nope, she asked the woman of color, who is already working hard enough to ensure that the Biden administration can defeat Orange Thanos, to hug America through it.
I would hope that Barrymore would’ve considered that Black women have been tasked with raising other people for centuries. Moreover, as Tinseltown royalty, I would’ve liked for her to reflect on the decades-old history ofBlack women in Hollywood ― and then perhaps refrain from asking the Black vice president, who attended Howard University, one of the foremost HBCUs in the country, to be America’s mammy. And don’t make that face, that’s exactly what she did.
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