Bette Midler Apologizes After Controversial 'Women Are the N-Word of the World' Tweet: 'Angrily I Tweeted Without Thinking'
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Bette Midler attends the 15th annual Movies For Grownups Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Feb. 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
One day after Bette Midler tweeted that "Women are the n-word of the world," the singer took to social media to apologize for being racially insensitive.
"The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me," she wrote. "Angrily I tweeted w/o thinking my choice of words would be enraging to black women who doubly suffer, both by being women and by being black. I am an ally and stand with you; always have. And I apologize."
The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me. Angrily I tweeted w/o thinking my choice of words would be enraging to black women who doubly suffer, both by being women and by being black. I am an ally and stand with you; always have. And I apologize.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) October 5, 2018
The quote, which she said was used by Yoko Ono in 1972, received an influx of criticism that claims Midler is undermining the historical struggles of black women and systematic oppression. In a since deleted tweet, following the quote, she wrote that women are "Raped, beaten, enslaved, married off, worked like dumb animals; denied education and inheritance; enduring the pain and danger of childbirth and life IN SILENCE for THOUSANDS of years They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.”
After a two-vote Republican majority, the divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to a final vote on Friday (Oct. 5).
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