Kristen Bell and Jenny Slate Step Down From Voicing Black Animated Characters
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glamour.comCentral Park, cosigned a statement by the animated series announcing that Bell would no longer voice the role. However, Bell will apparently remain on the show as a new character. “This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity,” to the statement in her caption. “Here is one of mine.
Playing the character of Molly on Central Park shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege. Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience.”“It was wrong and we, on the Central Park team, are pledging to make it right,” she continued. “I am happy to relinquish this role to someone who can give a much more accurate portrayal and I will commit to learning, growing and.
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