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Dear Mrs. Priyanka Chopra Jonas,
I commend all that you are and have always rooted for your
capabilities that traverse your exemplary personality, beauty, and intelligence
from Bollywood to International triumph. Simultaneously, I was overjoyed to
have conducted a thorough content analysis of Quantico for my Bachelor's
thesis and it most definitely broadened my perspective on your talent.
However, without a doubt, your recent interaction at Beautycon LA has rendered
me speechless.
What a disheartening and dishonest approach. You!... you who tell
women around the world to stand up for what they believe in gaslit another, and
shattered all that you preach with only a few words, "Girl don't yell...
Don't embarrass yourself!"
So I guess, the women that you persistently empower are allowed to
stand up for what they believe in, as long as it’s up to par with matters of
interest to you? There is no denying that the matter of peace is a subjective, conflicting
and a complicated matter. Although your reasoning fell completely flat. If your
'tweet' demonstrated patriotism, then as did Ayesha Malik, by being brave
enough to express her concerns to you. Yet you simply and unreasonably ...
humiliated her despite your futile attempt at praising her enthusiasm.
Priyanka, you were not obligated to apologize for your brief and
honest tweet. In fact, you were expected to defend your ‘middle ground’ without
sounding condescending and in a way that emanates your humanity at large for
thousands of your supporters. That… we could have respected. Unlike the average
Jane Doe, you have performed your duties to better the world gracefully and
visited plenty of regions affected by oppression and war (the very subject that
you deem part of patriotism…wow). And at Beautycon LA, you took a huge leap backward
from all that progress… when you didn’t demand that Ayesha receive the chance
to express her concerns. When you didn’t empathize with her situation, and when
you turned such an empowering opportunity against a victim.
I can't help wonder how you would have reacted if someone took away
the power of speech from you, just as her microphone was taken from her... I bet
you would have 'yelled' too! You would have been heard at any cost right? Sadly
ordinary people cannot project propaganda through impressive on-screen
storytelling, hence a microphone at a Q&A session is the next best thing.
If Ayesha Malik brought the topic of hypocrisy to the table, you
confirmed your double standards to the world. Sad to think that you played such
a crucial on-screen role (Quantico), and didn’t learn the most important lesson
of all. To question political climates and the systems that exploit innocent
civilians and groups for less than diplomatic reasons.
As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Peace, you could have handled
the situation differently and you still can! So please redefine the
concept of peace for impressionable groups of supporters. We are all here for
love, right? So prove it.
*Note*
I uploaded this privately for my close friends on Instagram.
However, later decided to publish it here, as the situation keeps flashing in
my mind constantly.
Remembering oppressed communities and groups around the world every
day.
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