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Priyanka Chopra's Response to Ayesha Malik at Beautycon: A Communication Disaster

Image courtesy:  https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/12/us/priyanka-chopra-confrontation-beautycon-trnd/index.html Miss World, award-winning Bollywood actress, breakthrough Hollywood star, a champion of women empowerment, UNICEF Goodwill Brand Ambassador. The list of Priyanka Chopra's achievements go on and on. Impressive, very impressive, and by no means were any of these milestones small feats to achieve - especially for a woman of color. She voiced her personal experiences and opinions on racism, diversity and gender quality at every relevant forum she was invited to speak on. But recently, at Beautycon in Los Angeles , Priyanka Chopra's response to Ayesha Malik , an audience member, was dangerously problematic, and displayed her lack of maturity in dealing with a confrontational situation.  But before you proceed, please  read this CNN article for a recap of the entire exchange between Malik and Chopra, and more importantly, for context on Malik's statement re...