“Everybody should enjoy ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’” said Porsha Williams, the doe-eyed star of same, whose comedic verve and penchant for interpersonal chaos have made her one of the most popular cast members on one of the most popular shows on television. “This is what I don’t like when it would come to one of our viewers: If they felt like Black Lives Matter was anti-white, or us saying ‘Black lives matter’ excludes them in any type of way.”Ms. Williams, 39, was casually resplendent on Zoom, in a black T-shirt and hot pink leggings among cream cushions in her Atlanta home. Printed in an emphatic column down the front of her shirt: “BREONNA TAYLOR BREONNA TAYLOR BREONNA TAYLOR” — the name of the 26-year-old emergency medical technician whom Louisville, Ky., police officers shot and killed after bursting into her apartment shortly after midnight on March 13. Three days before this interview in July, Ms. Williams had been among 87 protesters arrested outside the home of Kentucky’s attorney general, Daniel Cameron, while calling on him to file criminal charges against those officers. She was charged with criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct and intimidating a participant in a legal process (a felony, later dropped).

Source: New York Times August 10, 2020 10:07 UTC