If UNAPOLOGETIC was a person....(Angela Bassett)

 

Angela Bassett.  A beautiful, strong, amazing black Queen.  We remember her from What's Love Got to Do With It, Waiting to Exhale, Black Panther, Wakanda Forever... taking on each role as if it was written JUST FOR HER.  But what puzzles me the most, was/is each occurrence at the Oscar's.  Time after time her movie was nominated...and time after time they have yet to acknowledge Queen Angela's flawless roles in each. Fitting for an Oscar in EVERY role.  

A tragedy. 

Not so much of a tragedy because we THINK she should have won an Oscar.  Moreso, a tragedy in us KNOWING she DESERVED an Oscar.  We knew it, she knew it.  Yet, they expected her to smile with grace as they lifted her up only to tear her down.  No thank you.  I think Zora Neal Hurston said it best. "If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." As African American women working in Hollywood,  they have to work twice as hard to recognized for the bare minimum.  They have to uphold a standard not only in our communities, but THEIR communities as well. 

I have no qualms in saying, I stand with Queen Angela.  She's song your song and danced your dance.  Her feelings are that of her own.  HERS.  She's not a puppet void of feelings. How many times did you expect her to keep smiling through the pain?  Give her this time to grieve. Grieve the loss of an incredible performance.....only not to be acknowledged.  

#ifUnapologeticWasAPerson #QueenAngelaBassett 

~She Stings.