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Kelly Marie Tran breaks silence after being bullied off Instagram

The "Star Wars" actress penned an emotional letter in The New York Times

Kelly Marie Tran breaks silence after being bullied off Instagram

The "Star Wars" actress penned an emotional letter in The New York Times

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Kelly Marie Tran breaks silence after being bullied off Instagram

The "Star Wars" actress penned an emotional letter in The New York Times

Kelly Marie Tran is speaking out for the first time since abruptly leaving social media following racist and sexist comments over her role as Rose Tico in "Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi."In an open letter published in The New York Times Tuesday, Tran, who became the first Asian-American actress to have a leading role in a "Star Wars" film in 2017, says the bullying led her to actually start believing what the trolls were saying was true. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Their words seemed to confirm what growing up as a woman and a person of color already taught me: that I belonged in margins and spaces, valid only as a minor character in their lives and stories,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she writes.In June, Tran quietly deleted all her Instagram posts without an explanation, but her co-stars John Boyega, Mark Hamill and director Rian Johnson were quick to come to her defense. At the time, Tran also received support from other celebrities, including Kumail Nanjiani, Elijah Wood, Josh Gad and Margaret Cho.Tran바카라 게임 웹사이트s other co-star, Daisy Ridley, deleted her Instagram account in 2016 after facing criticism over comments she made about gun control in the United States. While some fans were in support of her words, others called her out for starring in a movie franchise that often includes scenes of violence with guns and weapons. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s not good for me, personally,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Ridley told Glamour in December 2017. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m just not equipped for it. I바카라 게임 웹사이트m super sensitive 바카라 게임 웹사이트 not too sensitive 바카라 게임 웹사이트 but I really feel things.바카라 게임 웹사이트In her letter, Tran says the online harassment 바카라 게임 웹사이트reinforced a narrative바카라 게임 웹사이트 she had heard her whole life: of not belonging and not being 바카라 게임 웹사이트good enough바카라 게임 웹사이트 because she was different. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she writes. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And to me, the most disappointing thing was that I felt it at all.바카라 게임 웹사이트Tran recognizes that she is 바카라 게임 웹사이트not the first person to have grown up this way,바카라 게임 웹사이트 and is already looking ahead to a world 바카라 게임 웹사이트where children of color don바카라 게임 웹사이트t spend their entire adolescence wishing to be white.바카라 게임 웹사이트 She continues, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I want to live in a world where women are not subjected to scrutiny for their appearance, or their actions, or their general existence. I want to live in a world where people of all races, religions, socioeconomic classes, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities are seen as what they have always been: human beings.바카라 게임 웹사이트Tran is slated to reprise her role as Rose in the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed "Star Wars: Episode IX," out in 2019. Read her full letter here.

Kelly Marie Tran is speaking out for the first time since following racist and sexist comments over her role as Rose Tico in "Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi."

In an open letter published in Tuesday, Tran, who became the first Asian-American actress to have a leading role in a "Star Wars" film in 2017, says the bullying led her to actually start believing what the trolls were saying was true. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Their words seemed to confirm what growing up as a woman and a person of color already taught me: that I belonged in margins and spaces, valid only as a minor character in their lives and stories,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she writes.

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In June, Tran quietly deleted all her Instagram posts without an explanation, but her co-stars John Boyega, Mark Hamill and director Rian Johnson were quick to come to her defense.

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At the time, Tran also received support from other celebrities, including Kumail Nanjiani, Elijah Wood, Josh Gad and Margaret Cho.

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Tran바카라 게임 웹사이트s other co-star, Daisy Ridley, deleted her Instagram account in 2016 after facing criticism over comments she made about gun control in the United States.

While some fans were in support of her words, others called her out for starring in a movie franchise that often includes scenes of violence with guns and weapons. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s not good for me, personally,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Ridley told in December 2017. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m just not equipped for it. I바카라 게임 웹사이트m super sensitive 바카라 게임 웹사이트 not too sensitive 바카라 게임 웹사이트 but I really feel things.바카라 게임 웹사이트

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In her letter, Tran says the online harassment 바카라 게임 웹사이트reinforced a narrative바카라 게임 웹사이트 she had heard her whole life: of not belonging and not being 바카라 게임 웹사이트good enough바카라 게임 웹사이트 because she was different. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she writes. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And to me, the most disappointing thing was that I felt it at all.바카라 게임 웹사이트

Tran recognizes that she is 바카라 게임 웹사이트not the first person to have grown up this way,바카라 게임 웹사이트 and is already looking ahead to a world 바카라 게임 웹사이트where children of color don바카라 게임 웹사이트t spend their entire adolescence wishing to be white.바카라 게임 웹사이트 She continues, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I want to live in a world where women are not subjected to scrutiny for their appearance, or their actions, or their general existence. I want to live in a world where people of all races, religions, socioeconomic classes, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities are seen as what they have always been: human beings.바카라 게임 웹사이트

Tran is slated to reprise her role as Rose in the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed "Star Wars: Episode IX," out in 2019.

Read her full letter .