Anne Hathaway attacks 'white privilege' after death of black teenager in California

[Judi Lynn]

Actor posts picture of Nia Wilson on Instagram and condemns ‘inaction’ of white Americans

Catherine Shoard
@catherineshoard
Fri 27 Jul 2018 06.55 EDT Last modified on Fri 27 Jul 2018 11.25 EDT

Anne Hathaway has urged white people to ask “how decent are we really” after a black teenager was killed in California.

Nia Wilson, 18, died after being stabbed in the neck in Oakland on Sunday night.

A suspect, John Lee Cowell, was arrested in connection with the attack. Officials said it was unclear if the incident was racially motivated.

Hathaway wrote on Instagram: “[Wilson’s death] is unspeakable and must not be met with silence … She was a black woman and she was murdered in cold blood by a white man.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/27/anne-hathaway-attacks-white-privilege-racism-nia-wilson

[heaven05]

1. Good for her nt

[Lucky Luciano]

2. This was a terrorist attack.

I am so disgusted by this and feel so bad for her and her family/friends.

[maxsolomon]

4. It has all the hallmarks of a hate crime.

In particular the shedding of clothes afterwards indicates premeditation.

But mentally ill people do assault strangers. It happened here in Seattle on a New Year's day a couple years back: a woman at her apartment door was stabbed 30 times by a homeless Paranoid Schizophrenic.

That's far from the only time.

[Gothmog]

3. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet