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03-06-2016, 07:27 PM
Leslie Jones wants people to see 'Ghostbusters' before they call it racist
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There was some backlash in the atmosphere when the first Ghostbusters reboot trailer (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/ghostbusters-first-trailer/) dropped.*
Many felt that having Leslie Jones (http://mashable.com/category/leslie-jones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), the one black actress co-starring in the film, play a transit worker who offers her particular set of skills to fight ghosts, is racist when her white co-stars play scientists.*
**w Jones is busting the criticism in a ****** of tweets letting people k**w that she has ** problem with that choice. She's also relieved that she and director Paul Feig made the movie, and **t Twitter as a whole.*
SEE ALSO: 10 telling freeze-frames from the new 'Ghostbusters' trailer (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/ghostbusters-trailer-frame-by-frame/)
First, Jones shared a message from a transit worker who thinks it's cool. Who k**ws the literal underbelly of New York City better? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/06/leslie-jones-ghostbusters-racist/)
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There was some backlash in the atmosphere when the first Ghostbusters reboot trailer (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/ghostbusters-first-trailer/) dropped.*
Many felt that having Leslie Jones (http://mashable.com/category/leslie-jones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), the one black actress co-starring in the film, play a transit worker who offers her particular set of skills to fight ghosts, is racist when her white co-stars play scientists.*
**w Jones is busting the criticism in a ****** of tweets letting people k**w that she has ** problem with that choice. She's also relieved that she and director Paul Feig made the movie, and **t Twitter as a whole.*
SEE ALSO: 10 telling freeze-frames from the new 'Ghostbusters' trailer (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/ghostbusters-trailer-frame-by-frame/)
First, Jones shared a message from a transit worker who thinks it's cool. Who k**ws the literal underbelly of New York City better? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/06/leslie-jones-ghostbusters-racist/)
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