Posted on 06/07/2021 2:17:19 PM PDT by Magnatron
Actress Ellie Kemper is apologizing for her involvement in a debutante ball as a teenager that has come under recent criticism for the organization's controversial history. Kemper was crowned the "Queen of Love and Beauty" at the Veiled Prophet Ball in 1999. The organization is based in Missouri and was founded in 1878 by former Confederate officers.
Kemper addressed the controversy in an Instagram post on Monday.
"When I was 19 years old, I decided to participate in a debutante ball in my hometown," she began. "The century-old organization that hosted the debutante ball had an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past. I was not aware of the history at the time, but ignorance is no excuse. I was old enough to have educated myself before getting involved. I unequivocally deplore, denounce, and reject white supremacy," she continued. "At the same time, I acknowledge that because of my race and my privilege, I am the beneficiary of a system that has dispensed unequal justice and unequal rewards."
Kemper went on to add, "I believe strongly in the values of kindness, integrity and inclusiveness. I try to live my life in accordance with these values. If my experience is an indication that organizations and institutions with pasts that fall short of these beliefs should be held to account, then I have to see this experience in a positive light."
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Disappointing Ellie.
Publicists will force this.
She deserves every bit of humiliation she gets.
Don’t even bother bringing it up. It’s just a bunch of twitter trolls talking about something they know nothing about. Never apologize to these “people”
Meanwhile in Virginia the Rat Governor has not stepped down or owned up to his error.
He almost did on both counts and then claimed it wasn’t him and that he knew nothing about it.
she should be proud of her experiences, not sorry. Geez, I danced on a table at a debutante ball once. (Might be why my parents were so embarrased of me).
this culture of shame is not healthy.
Hmm. Not anyone I ever heard of.
Any Democrat who inhales oxygen is guilty by association.
Never heard of her but she sounds like a pathetic groveling self shaming libtard to me.
She apologized.. That’s her first mistake.
Never apologize.
I had to look her up on the internet to find out who she is.
I didn’t I know VP was elitist. If so, that’s a problem.
Her statement reads like she was blinking Morse Code as she’s reading the “script”...
The guys and I at the local bar.
This.
That was one pathetic, slobbering apology.
But eventually even these types of apologies won’t be enough. So I wonder what will be next. Maybe: “I am deeply sorry for having once ordered white wine. To atone for this I will cut off my right thumb.”
Its just ridiculous. I cannot believe how soft Americans have become. She should have told her critics to go to hell. That’s what a true American would have done.
So she is 40 now and can’t get any acting gigs so goes the Apology route and I bet few if any people in Hollywood knew this about her.
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