Ellie Kemper has responded to a viral Twitter controversy that linked the actress with a St. Louis debutante ball run by an organization with a racist past. “When I was 19 years old, I decide…
has responded to a viral Twitter controversy that linked the actress with a St. Louis debutante ball run by an organization with a racist past.
“When I was 19 years old, I decided to participate in a debutante ball in my hometown. The century-old organization that hosted the debutante ball had an unquestionably racist, sexist, and elitist past,” posted the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star of the Veiled Prophet Ball founded and run by the Veiled Prophet Organization, which was created in 1878. “I was not aware of this history at the time, but ignorance is no excuse. I was old enough to have educated myself before getting involved.
Kemper continued that the natural temptation when one becomes the subject of online criticism is “to tell yourself that your detractors are getting it all wrong.” However, she realized last week that she agreed with and has supported the same forces behind the criticism lobbied against her. “I believe strongly in the values of kindness, integrity, and inclusiveness,” noted Kemper. “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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