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Roland Emmerich Doubles Down, Says Stonewall Was “A White Event, Let’s Be Honest”
Roland Emmerich appears to have taken all the criticism about his misguided flop Stonewall in stride — either that, or he simply loves a good tongue-lashing. (And that’s definitely a thing.)
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How else to explain why, in a new interview with The Guardian to promote Independence Day: Resurgence, Emmerich says, “Stonewall was a white event, let’s be honest.”
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Openly taking on accusations that he was “whitewashing” the entire gay rights movement (a petition with over 25,000 signatures claimed, “It is time that black and brown transwomyn and drag queens are recognized for their efforts in the riots”), Emmerich says:
My movie was exactly what they said it wasn’t. It was politically correct. It had black, transgender people in there. We just got killed by one voice on the internet who saw a trailer and said, this is whitewashing Stonewall. Stonewall was a white event, let’s be honest. But nobody wanted to hear that any more.”
The statement hasn’t gone unnoticed, either:
Breaking: idiotic white man whitewashes history for failed film and continues to be smugly ahistorical. More: t.co/bgT3vXTTW7
— Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) June 22, 2016
@iamlaurenp wait! Roland Emmerich said the Stonewall Riots was a “White event”?! pic.twitter.com/cIbhbikrrl
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) June 22, 2016
One year later, and this guy is still trying to erase the LGBTQ people of color who literally started our movemen… t.co/gYgTLFHolT
— Basic Rights Oregon (@basicrights) June 22, 2016
Well…..apparently Stonewall was a white event. I’m just…..wow. Yt folks really out here rewriting history. pic.twitter.com/pZQ0uoFBxG
— Darla B (@OriginalDBubble) June 22, 2016
Stonewall was a white event? Marsha P. Johnson would disagree with you
— Sensei Aishitemasu (@seren_sensei) June 22, 2016
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