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Angela Bassetthas responded after she was misidentified inTheNew York TimesasOmarosa Manigault-Newman.
The only problem? In theNYTcaption, Bassett, 60, was wrongly identified as former White House aide Manigault-Newman, 44.
To make matters worse, theApprentice-contestant-turned-Trump-aide wasn’t even present at Monday night’s ceremony.
The outlet quickly addressed the mistake in a tweet on Tuesday, claiming the error was due to a “photo wire service in some early print editions.” They also noted that a correction would be issued in Wednesday’s paper.
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However, some Twitter users were already fired up about the mistake.
“Do all dark skinned black women look the same to your editors??” wrote Joy Villa. “Gorgeous and talented Queen Angela Bassett looks nothing like that other one.”
Another user referred to theNYT’s error as “pathetic and disgusting” and compared it to mistakingGeorge Clooneyfor U.S. Senator of FloridaMarco Rubioat theAcademy Awards.
“…you know, bc Marc Rubio is at the Academy Awards every year,” the user wrote. “….& bc all white ppl look alike too.”
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Acknowledging all of the angry tweets, the9-1-1actress addressed her supporters on Twitter with a simple two-word mantra.
“Hey Everybody, no worries!” she wrote, alongside a meme ofKerry WashingtoninScandalthat reads “It’s handled.”
Bassett haspreviously spoken out about racism, admitting to PEOPLE that her12-year-old twins Bronwyn and Slaterhave already experienced race-related prejudices from their peers.
Added the9-1-1actress: “It can’t come from their young minds,” she said of her belief that kids aren’t born racist. “It’s something that they’ve heard somewhere.”
But while it seems Bassett has no problem brushing off an accidental mix-up nowadays, she hopes that her kids won’t have to endure the same type of experience one day.
“It makes you gasp and it just squeezes your heart sometimes, because you never want your kids to go through these sort of pain issues,” she said. “Or you thought it’d be much later, once they get a firm footing of who they are.”
9-1-1‘s season 2 two-night premiere airs Sunday, Sept. 23 and Monday, Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.
source: people.com
