Beyoncé lacks basic human dignity to play Sarah Baartman
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Beyoncé's apparently set her sights on an Oscar nom this year, as she's reportedly writing (and will subsequently star) a biopic about Saartjie (Sarah) Baartman -- a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa who was put on display at a Victorian freak show as the "Hottentot Venus."
However, not everyone is happy with her attempt to, as a source told The Sun, "write a screenplay that gains her respect — and hopefully awards — from the film industry."
"She lacks the basic human dignity to be worthy of writing Sarah's story, let alone playing the part," Chief Jean Burgess of the First Indigenous Peoples of South Africa said."Ignoring the fact that the Khoikhoi is alive and that Sarah's story would have an impact on how we are portrayed, is a mistake of great magnitude."
Continuing on, Burgess also asked why tell Baartman's story and not that of an "Indigenous American woman," saying, "I can only see arrogance in her attempt to tell a story that is not her's to tell."
Y'all stay believing everything you read when it comes to this woman. Ain't no damn Sarah Baartman story, the same way there's no damn A Star Is Born remake with Brdaley Cooper.
