Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually noticed there were no obvious POC in the crowd when I first saw the photo.

Me too but I'm not white. Last week I noticed a group of 20+ college boys/girls at a restaurant without a single POC. I don't take note of small groups but I notice large groups along with company photos or big friend outings. Usually it's more "just noticing" reaction without any outrage. If it's higher stakes like a company who cannot employ someone who is not a clone of the owner I'll roll my eyes. If it's a body of people making decisions that affect many including POC, I get upset. This photo just makes me think "oh, they're like that, no surprise" and I take no offense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually noticed there were no obvious POC in the crowd when I first saw the photo.

Me too but I'm not white. Last week I noticed a group of 20+ college boys/girls at a restaurant without a single POC. I don't take note of small groups but I notice large groups along with company photos or big friend outings. Usually it's more "just noticing" reaction without any outrage. If it's higher stakes like a company who cannot employ someone who is not a clone of the owner I'll roll my eyes. If it's a body of people making decisions that affect many including POC, I get upset. This photo just makes me think "oh, they're like that, no surprise" and I take no offense.

+1 Kristen Bell chose to share it with the world on social media. So people are allowed to react and also make their reactions public.

If she doesn't want scrutiny, just enjoy and don't tweet. But of course they DO want the attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous. Getting upset about this is basically telling people “please awkwardly invite a certain number of POC to any gathering, no matter how inorganic or token those invites might be, so that your Instagram photos will be diverse.” Like, come on.

Comparing this to workplaces or magazine spreads is insulting— there are lots of qualified POC who could work at HuffPo or who belong on a “Women in Hollywood” magazine cover, do their exclusion in those instances does reflect a lack of diversity and a missed opportunity.

But the idea that every dinner party must include a certain percentage of POC (and agree with other posters that it’s interesting that being an Asian woman is apparently not diverse here) is just weird. It’s not even a question of having diverse friend groups because what if you have a diverse friend group but the POC in your life are randomly all out of town or have a conflict. Do you cancel the dinner party?

Also, it’s just interesting that “diversity” has come to mean exactly one thing, and it’s a thing you can determine by looking at a photo of faces. When a truly diverse society would be diverse along many metrics. This dinner might be diverse in many ways, but we only care about the one. Ok.

Not to mention chef David Chang, WTF.

[Anonymous]

Only comment I have on this photo is why we aren't discussing what all Courtney Cox has done to her face.

[Anonymous]

Jennifer Aniston didn't eat anything

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only comment I have on this photo is why we aren't discussing what all Courtney Cox has done to her face.

Whatever she did, she was the only one I recognized

Everyone else was a sea of meat

So whatever Courtney cox did, it helped keep her appearance to being recognizeable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only comment I have on this photo is why we aren't discussing what all Courtney Cox has done to her face.

Yep. This is the main take away for me too!

Why would she do that? Not so long ago she was doing PR about how she isn’t doing fillers anymore.

[Anonymous]

Ahhh!! I felt this was Europe!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jen looks horrible in those big glasses.

No she doesn’t. She looks cute. I like how normal she looks- it’s refreshing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually noticed there were no obvious POC in the crowd when I first saw the photo.

Me too but I'm not white. Last week I noticed a group of 20+ college boys/girls at a restaurant without a single POC. I don't take note of small groups but I notice large groups along with company photos or big friend outings. Usually it's more "just noticing" reaction without any outrage. If it's higher stakes like a company who cannot employ someone who is not a clone of the owner I'll roll my eyes. If it's a body of people making decisions that affect many including POC, I get upset. This photo just makes me think "oh, they're like that, no surprise" and I take no offense.

I noticed too, and like you am a POC and notice when there is a large group of people, not small. I don’t really care, but in this case, there are some decision makers/employers in the group. People like Aniston, Cox, Bateman - they have a known friend group, are fairly insular, and none of those people are ever non-white.

To me, it more says, wow, people still feel comfortable with their own. When I listen to Smartless, it’s clear Jason is more comfortable talking with people who are similar to him in race and age. I’m sure when he’s the one to find guests, that’s how it goes. And so on for some of the others who hire or make decisions. Other folks, maybe like Tapper for example, he’s invited to a dinner, goes, and that’s it. His previous night’s dinner may have been very diverse. Not the case for some in this pic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous. Getting upset about this is basically telling people “please awkwardly invite a certain number of POC to any gathering, no matter how inorganic or token those invites might be, so that your Instagram photos will be diverse.” Like, come on.

Comparing this to workplaces or magazine spreads is insulting— there are lots of qualified POC who could work at HuffPo or who belong on a “Women in Hollywood” magazine cover, do their exclusion in those instances does reflect a lack of diversity and a missed opportunity.

But the idea that every dinner party must include a certain percentage of POC (and agree with other posters that it’s interesting that being an Asian woman is apparently not diverse here) is just weird. It’s not even a question of having diverse friend groups because what if you have a diverse friend group but the POC in your life are randomly all out of town or have a conflict . Do you cancel the dinner party?

Also, it’s just interesting that “diversity” has come to mean exactly one thing, and it’s a thing you can determine by looking at a photo of faces. When a truly diverse society would be diverse along many metrics. This dinner might be diverse in many ways, but we only care about the one. Ok.

Not to mention chef David Chang, WTF.

Are we sure he didn’t cook dinner for everyone?

[Anonymous]

Y’all have lost your ever loving minds. Go get a hobby.

[Anonymous]

I'd rather attend a real party like this than a fake one with invites to hit the diversity categories.

Every reality show on TV seems so fake now. Instead of casting who would be good on the show, they cast to hit their diversity numbers: at least 3 gays, 4-6 black, 3-5 asian, no more than 3 whites, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed. The guest list was wild, but Twitter users pointed out a pretty glaring problem. Zero Diversity.
Can you spot the issue?

The only thing less diverse than that is HuffPost editorial board. That rag is trash.

https://twitter.com/lheron/status/733758898855940098

Liz Heron's response was perfect. OMG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually noticed there were no obvious POC in the crowd when I first saw the photo.

Me too but I'm not white. Last week I noticed a group of 20+ college boys/girls at a restaurant without a single POC. I don't take note of small groups but I notice large groups along with company photos or big friend outings. Usually it's more "just noticing" reaction without any outrage. If it's higher stakes like a company who cannot employ someone who is not a clone of the owner I'll roll my eyes. If it's a body of people making decisions that affect many including POC, I get upset. This photo just makes me think "oh, they're like that, no surprise" and I take no offense.

+1 Kristen Bell chose to share it with the world on social media. So people are allowed to react and also make their reactions public.

If she doesn't want scrutiny, just enjoy and don't tweet. But of course they DO want the attention.

She couldn't resist.