“I am so very sorry.”
. However, Slate revealed on Wednesday that she will be ending her portrayal of Missy as “one step in a life-long process of uncovering the racism in my actions.”
“I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play ‘Missy’ because her mom is Jewish and white—as I am,” Slate wrote in an Instagram statement. “But ‘Missy’ is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people. I acknowledge how my original reasoning was flawed, that it existed as an example of white privilege and unjust allowances made within a system of societal white supremacy.
Slate went on to describe her actions as an “act of erasure of Black people” and take accountability. “I am so very sorry,” she concluded her statement. “Black voices must be heard. Black Lives Matter.”
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