Heidi N Closet, Shea Couleé and more historic DragRace queens get real about the difference between tokenism vs. real representation. Watch the full RuPaulsDragRace winners panel:
The New York City-based performer remembers receiving racist memes and a deluge of criticism claiming the color of her skin was the only thing that won her the crown, though she finds "reassurance from friends, family, and from a lot of girls in the franchise" who've bolstered the notion that talent snatched the crown, not a ticked box on a tokenism checklist.
"I feel like there's not a single Black queen who hasn't experienced a racial situation. A lot of the time people will pit our art against other artists about our race, and I don't feel like there's ever a place where our art should equal the color of our skin or who we are as a person and how we live our life. If art is good, then it's good," Hall adds, recalling that she expected to enter the competition struggling to accumulate followers .
The group also reflects on the lighter aspects of the competition, including the intense preparation for season 12's unprecedented virtual finale filmed inside the contestants' homes due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, constructing jaw-dropping fashions for theas entertaining as it was important — especially in a presidential election year, as the show featured politically minded challenges and closed each episode with a reminder to viewers to register to vote.
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