Oh, Nancy.

What she was really thinking was that a black woman had no business winning such a prestigious award while she is stuck on a sinking ship. There are no excuses to be made here, this is all about white privilege and nothing else. Davis has a leading part now, but it definitely has not been an easy road to get there. Up until the past couple of years, there were no black actresses playing leading characters on dramas.

Grahn is angry because she can't get anywhere. It's like Lee Atwater said,  he had to find different ways to say "n*****, n*****, n*****" and Grahn did just that.

I agree with everything you say except this. She has had a cushy well paying job for over 30 years. She's doing better than the vast majority of people in this country (and world). She is somewhere and it's somewhere better than most people. Then she still has the nerve to bitch about one of the few black women who have a better acting gig.

 

Then she goes on and on defending herself instead of having the grace to just zip it. I might feel a little bad that she's getting this level of pile on, but she's never been shy about dishing out the nasty on twitter, so she can take her medicine now.

I guess can't get anywhere was the wrong way to phrase it, because Grahn does have a job. Most actors do have an ego, though and there is a need for more when it comes to accolades or recognition. GH probably isn't going to last much longer and Grahn is not likely to be heard from again after it's gone, whereas Viola Davis is in a better position.

When you are famous/semi famous and you out your foot in your mouth(or people think you did), you can:

1.  You or you and your PR person come up with a suitable apology/explanation and then be quiet until social media gets their next outrage(which is usually in a few hours to a few days)

2. Be prepared to defend your statements with some sort of facts or anything that would at least garner some support/sympathy from non-crazy people. 

3. Just own the remarks and let the chips fall where they may. 

 

Whining and/or playing victim never garners sympathy or makes anyone want to defend you. It almost always makes the situation worse. NLG should know this by now. 

 

What she was really thinking was that a black woman had no business winning such a prestigious award while she is stuck on a sinking ship. There are no excuses to be made here, this is all about white privilege and nothing else. Davis has a leading part now, but it definitely has not been an easy road to get there. Up until the past couple of years, there were no black actresses playing leading characters on dramas.

Grahn is angry because she can't get anywhere. It's like Lee Atwater said,  he had to find different ways to say "n*****, n*****, n*****" and Grahn did just that.

I agree with everything you say except this. She has had a cushy well paying job for over 30 years. She's doing better than the vast majority of people in this country (and world). She is somewhere and it's somewhere better than most people. Then she still has the nerve to bitch about one of the few black women who have a better acting gig.

 

Then she goes on and on defending herself instead of having the grace to just zip it. I might feel a little bad that she's getting this level of pile on, but she's never been shy about dishing out the nasty on twitter, so she can take her medicine now.

 

What's strange to me is that she's spoken before about how GRATEFUL she is to daytime and GH, because it's a steady job for a working woman like her, who is single with a young daughter. She's been a daytime cheerleader for years. So the idea that she's complaining about not being in primetime seems...odd, to me, to say the least. Especially now, when she's been there for so long.

Edited September 21, 201510 yr by MissLlanviewPA

If I recall, Patricia Arquette got slammed by black feminists after her acceptance speech at the Oscars. 

There just seemed to be some bitterness behind the tweet. I'm not going to dispute that she is grateful for her job, but as I said actors and actresses have egos, and there is always that need for more.

What she was really thinking was that a black woman had no business winning such a prestigious award while she is stuck on a sinking ship. There are no excuses to be made here, this is all about white privilege and nothing else. Davis has a leading part now, but it definitely has not been an easy road to get there. Up until the past couple of years, there were no black actresses playing leading characters on dramas.

Grahn is angry because she can't get anywhere. It's like Lee Atwater said,  he had to find different ways to say "n*****, n*****, n*****" and Grahn did just that.

I agree with everything you say except this. She has had a cushy well paying job for over 30 years. She's doing better than the vast majority of people in this country (and world). She is somewhere and it's somewhere better than most people. Then she still has the nerve to bitch about one of the few black women who have a better acting gig.

 

Then she goes on and on defending herself instead of having the grace to just zip it. I might feel a little bad that she's getting this level of pile on, but she's never been shy about dishing out the nasty on twitter, so she can take her medicine now.

 

What's strange to me is that she's spoken before about how GRATEFUL she is to daytime and GH, because it's a steady job for a working woman like her, who is single with a young daughter. She's been a daytime cheerleader for years. So the idea that she's complaining about not being in primetime seems...odd, to me, to say the least. Especially now, when she's been there for so long.

No matter how successful they are on daytime they all wish they were richer/more famous. NLG wishes she was half as success and celebrated in the daytime community itself as Viola Davis is in primetime and film, let's be real.

WAIT, does she think Harriet Tubman escaped slavery by digging through tunnels? Does she think...that the Underground Railroad was...actually underground?

 

Don't you just LOVE the Skokie, IL public school system?

 

But seriously, y'all, has Shonda spoken yet?  I have my popcorn and 3-D glasses at the ready! 

If I recall, Patricia Arquette got slammed by black feminists after her acceptance speech at the Oscars. 

as they should have...she excluded black women, gay women, etc from her normative feminist group. The whole intersectionality thing went right past her. She needed correcting and educating. Much like Nancy. 

 

Arquette's comment"

“It’s time for all the women in America and all the men that love women, and all the gay people, and all the people of color that we’ve all fought for to fight for us now,” l

WAIT, does she think Harriet Tubman escaped slavery by digging through tunnels? Does she think...that the Underground Railroad was...actually underground?

 

Don't you just LOVE the Skokie, IL public school system?

 

But seriously, y'all, has Shonda spoken yet?  I have my popcorn and 3-D glasses at the ready! 

 

AFAIK, she hasn't.

 

And now Nancy has gotten a shoutout on a Dlisted article about Viola's win last night. I'm thinking she won't be Hot Slut of the Day anytime soon now! OTOH, sounds like MK's a GH fan:

http://dlisted.com/2015/09/21/icymi-viola-davis-speech-after-making-history/

Edited September 21, 201510 yr by MissLlanviewPA

Nancy is jealous and bitter. You've got a black woman talking about opportunity meanwhile she, white woman, is "stuck in daytime".

Meanwhile she refuses to look around the set of General Hospital or even the Daytime Emmy's to see that WOC are barely represented. 

I'm waiting for Shonda to drag her ass. I've seen Shonda drag people before.

Anyway it is a little sad that this is taking away from Viola's win. But I'm glad NLG exposed herself. She used to say some stereotypical ish about latinos too and then say she was alllowed to say it because she's friends with MB. 

"Nancy Lee Grahn's White Tears, Explained"

OK, OK, OK. So who is this Nancy Lee Grahn person?

I have no idea.

 

 

Nothing else really needs to be said. 

Well, glad that Nancy finally realizes that it don't pay to support equality unless you march right down that white line in the road and don't DARE step off of it, not even 1 CM. Now she knows ungrateful a$$holes will turn on you the minute you scratch your ass the wrong direction. A woman will never be president, and this is why. They can't stop clawing at each other long enough to change their tampons.

Edited September 21, 201510 yr by alphanguy74

Well, glad that Nancy finally realizes that it don't pay to support equality unless you march right down that white line in the road and don't DARE step off of it, not even 1 CM. Now she knows ungrateful a$$holes will turn on you the minute you scratch your ass the wrong direction.

 

 

 

 

 

Ungrateful? The eff has she done for any minority groups? Not a damn thing!

Well, glad that Nancy finally realizes that it don't pay to support equality unless you march right down that white line in the road and don't DARE step off of it, not even 1 CM. Now she knows ungrateful a$$holes will turn on you the minute you scratch your ass the wrong direction. A woman will never be president, and this is why. They can't stop clawing at each other long enough to change their tampons.

Why hasn't this trash been banned yet?