Ellie Kemper addresses involvement in white supremacist debutante ball

[kris_terror]

https://instagram.com/p/CP02q0Nt3-8

Follow up to this post.

Hi guys - 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. I was not aware of this history at the time, but it is no excuse. I was old

Comments

[emptyobsidian]

I'm surprised her apology actually acknowledges the racist and terrible past of the organization, especially since so many people were roaring in to defend how it actually isn't racist because it isn't "officially" the KKK. I expected a pretty big non-apology following the same lines.

[skyler_white_yo]

That other post had me scratching my head. “technically wasn’t the KKK, so I don’t need to be ashamed to say I liked her in the Office and liked Kimmy Schmidt”

[bakemonos]

Can we get a round up of the people trying to say it wasn't with the KKK?

[blorpz]

left looking eyeballs emoji x 3

[blorpz]

probably could have tossed in a donation (like if there were prize money for the pageant) but ia

[drblind]

i kept seeing young poc defending her on tiktok and felt so confused lmao like why did they stan...

[iznanassi]

I hope every single one of those people feels like a buffoon.