Since the internet invites the worst of humanity to expel their tasteless indecency onto complete strangers, actress Kelly Marie Tran fell subject to a vicious campaign of racist mockery from alt-right thugs for her portrayal as the character Rose Tico in “The Last Jedi.” As a result, she deleted her Instagram account.
“This week, it was reported that ‘The Last Jedi’ star Kelly Marie Tran deleted her Instagram account after months of abusive comments,” reports NBC News. “Though it remains unclear exactly what drove Tran’s decision to leave the platform, she did delete every last picture. Meanwhile, the response by some white male fans so far suggests she was indeed the target of sustained harassment.”
In December, a troll edited the Rose Tico Wookieepedia page so that her name was “Ching Chong Wing Tong” and her home was “Ching Chong China.”
The constant trolling forced director Rian Johnson and several others in Hollywood to come to Kelly Marie Tran’s defense:
Similar racist attacks were launched against “Star Wars” actor John Boyega after “The Force Awakens.” The merry band of trolls in the alt-right makes the internet every bit as unpalatable as their leftist counterparts.