Efforts to force HBO to cancel “Confederate” years before the series goes into production are not just misguided, they’re downright un-American.
“We believe the time to speak up is now before the show has been written or cast. Before @hbo invests too much money into #Confederate,” activist April Reign — one of the people behind the #OscarsSoWhite movement — wrote on Twitter.
We believe the time to speak up is now, before the show has been written or cast. Before @hbo invests too much money into #Confederate.
— April (@ReignOfApril) July 28, 2017
Reign and her compatriots are trying to silence HBO and the “Confederate” producers because of what they fear the show will be.