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WLS on Y&R: Time for Victoria Rowell to Return as Drucilla

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I'm haven't bent or twisted anything you said.

You're the one getting personal. Not me.

No she doesn't.

She still works despite your dislike of her rants.

What you're really saying is she needs to change for you to like her.

When asked what "route" that would be you don't have an answer.

That "route" may not have gotten her rehired at Y&R but it did arguably get a Black writer & several Black actors hired.

It is.

However you don't get to complain about what they tweet if you voluntarily follow them.

Again not true.

But that doesn't fit the "bitter" narrative so the millions of other subjects she tweets about goes ignored.

Anybody that follows her can back that and have stated that numerous times on this board.

She has been about it.

Her advocacy has been well documented for DECADES.

When it becomes that easy for minorities to MAKE change there will be no need FOR change.

Yet you are caring & listening.

Criticize the institution not the individual.

Vicki, girl! Is that you? Hey girl! How you doing?

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Why doesn't she just apply for a job on General Hospital ? smile.png

I hear they're hiring on a daily basis.

But she's a black female. Maybe she needs to have her blue eyes & blonde hair daughter to audition for a soap. Matter of fact, they could have gotten VR daughter as Mariah.

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VR is a nasty, viscious, vindictive person. Y&R will never take that on again. Nor should they.

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VR is a nasty, viscious, vindictive person. Y&R will never take that on again. Nor should they.

Why?? Because she specking truth to power. If she was like the rest of the quite black actors & actress. She still be in the same boat not getting anything. So, why she can't speck up.

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Why doesn't she just apply for a job on General Hospital ? smile.png

I hear they're hiring on a daily basis.

I'm convinced GH is hiring so damn many people, because they want to improve the state of unemployment in this country. (Nice try, guys, but maybe you should leave it to Congress and the White House?)

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Oh, I don't believe that VR is nasty nor vindictive. Bitter yes, but I actually think she has good reason.

I don't disagree with her telling it like it is but I do think the Twitter format, the 140 characters format is best utilized in short pithy statements or back and forth between multiple parties but any stream of consciousness is going to come off somewhat rambling. A series of blog posts or even a Q&A or online chat, even Reddit, which I don't particularly care for, is more of a no holds barred format.

I understand that some soap fans don't want to learn 'how the sausage is made' but it's kind of insulting to artists of color who know darn well this problem exists to hear people trying to dismiss the reality. The only thing is I do wish she would abstain from taking it to the Twitter format because the 140 character format is very restricting and prone to make statements looks excessive.

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The problem is that every time something happens on Y&R, her followers will ask her to explain. Especially if it sounds like a recast of her. Or about Neil love life & why it doesn't work. Or something to do with Lily character.

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Listen, when VR made her first outright unapologetic public statement about racism in Daytime she was DONE in daytime. Because it has become increasingly worse to call out racist behavior than to be racist. You can do many things in Hollywood. Molest kids. Rape. Be abusive. Do drugs. But you can not call the machine racist. Black ball! They never going to have her back no matter what.

The reason you haven't seen her on GH and never will because ABC Daytime doesn't want anyone with her passion and notoriety calling attention to their racist practices.

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I mean this as no shade to anyone but after reading the thread I feel it needs to be said.

If minorities had the power to change racism then we wouldn't be having this conversation. And that goes for Victoria Rowell as well.

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Listen, when VR made her first outright unapologetic public statement about racism in Daytime she was DONE in daytime. Because it has become increasingly worse to call out racist behavior than to be racist. You can do many things in Hollywood. Molest kids. Rape. Be abusive. Do drugs. But you can not call the machine racist. Black ball! They never going to have her back no matter what.

The reason you haven't seen her on GH and never will because ABC Daytime doesn't want anyone with her passion and notoriety calling attention to their racist practices.

Just a few months ago she was up for a role on DAYS and I do recall there being rumors of her on OLTL, but I think that fell apart due to salary demands.

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Just a few months ago she was up for a role on DAYS and I do recall there being rumors of her on OLTL, but I think that fell apart due to salary demands.

And yet she remains unemployed in daytime. My opinion stands.

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Just a few months ago she was up for a role on DAYS and I do recall there being rumors of her on OLTL, but I think that fell apart due to salary demands.

Days has a black female role? pshhh

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