There’s a reason Why Folks Aren't Here For Cynthia Erivo! That’s because she Has Shady Tweets Mocking Black Americans! 😒

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There’s a reason Why Folks Aren't Here For Cynthia Erivo! That’s because she Has Shady Tweets Mocking Black Americans!

The 'Harriet' movie will be the bet on Blacks movie to drop this year. However, folks are sounding off about British actress Cynthia Erivo playing abolitionist Harriet Tubman, especially after some of Cynthia's old tweets shading African Americans

HARRIET is based on the story of iconic freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, her escape from slavery and her subsequent missions to free countless of slaves through the Underground Railroad in the face of growing pre-Civil War adversity. Harriet Tubman is played by 32-year-old actress Cynthia Erivo and she'll be starring alongside singer/actress Janelle Monae, "Hamilton's" Leslie Odom Jr., Vanessa Bell Calloway and more.

A most of you should know, Cynthia is British of Nigerian descent. Some folks aren't here for a British woman playing a role an American black woman could and maybe should play when it’s already hard enough for dark skinned American black women to get roles. Some feel it's culturally insensitive to have chosen a black British woman rather than an American descendant of slaves to play the iconic abolitionist. A #HarrietDeservesBetter hashtag was trending on social media where people have voiced loudly and clearly their issue with Erivo copping the role.

But recently disrespectful tweets about African Americans fired off by Erivo have also surfaced. Apparently, Erivo has tweeted out TONS of comments - meant to be funny, we think - about "ghetto Americans", she co-signed a comment about African Americans having no culture and she even mentioned black Americans have appropriated African culture.

Check out these shady tweets Erivo have posted in the past about black Americans:

Here is why Cynthia Erivo, in particular, should not play Harriet Tubman.

TL; DR: There’s a troubling pattern of Cynthia repeatedly, deliberately, selectively *choosing* to not give respect to African-American heritage – the heritage of Harriet Tubman.#HarrietDeservesBetter pic.twitter.com/omxuA1Ese7

— 🇺🇸🌴Electric Bo Peep🌴🇺🇸 (@eBoPeep) September 24, 2018

WTF? African or British? Pick a side! It's said Cynthia Erivo has personally DM'd people to apologize. But folks want a public apology.

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