The “Glee” alum told Page Six that people on Twitter refer to her by her character Mercedes’ name, but they use it “like a derogatory term.”
Amber Riley says being a black woman is “already hard” in itself, but being “a plus-size woman on top of that” is even harder.
Case in point: Riley recently got into a spat on Twitter over a user repeatedly calling her Mercedes, the name of the character she portrayed on “Glee” from 2009 to 2015.tweeted“It’s wild that I even have to say that,” the Los Angeles native continued. “No shade to the show/character that gave me a career, but please stop this s–t. I don’t answer to it, and if you do it facetiously I’ll block you.
“It’s the ones who are using Mercedes like a derogatory term. And I didn’t respond in the tweet to that person because I wasn’t going to give them any clout or shine, but they called me some very nasty things, and they were saying Mercedes like it was a slur.”Donna Permell “We are also two very outspoken black women, and people do not like that,” she continued. “A lot of people try to humble black women all the time. And I think it’s fine to be grateful and it’s fine to walk through this world understanding that nobody owes you anything — I don’t think that anybody owes me anything — but I will demand respect because I respect other people.
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