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Cape Town – Earlier this week A&E released a first look at the docu-series Generation KKK.
The eight part series follows four prominent Klan families who have a family member who is trying to leave the organisation.
It will also follow a network of anti-hate and peace activists who are working to break the cycle.
See the trailer here:
Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo took to Twitter to slam the network for promoting and normalising hate.
In a series of tweets she also called for a boycott of the network.
Shame on you @AETV https://t.co/eeGrdYbdjS
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) December 21, 2016
Hey I have an idea...why don't we all never watch ANYTHING on A&E again who's with me????
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) December 21, 2016
maybe @AETV you should just run episodes of @GreysABC instead... we are smarter more compassionate and oh yeah way better looking ???????
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) December 21, 2016
So I guess A&E stands for ...we will try to put Anything and Everything on tv... because we are a bunch of desperate pathetic tv execs ????
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) December 21, 2016
The timing of this show angers me the most they are capitalizing on a disgusting wave that Trump started and media is normalizing NOT OK
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) December 21, 2016
A&E responded to her defending the show saying the series is about extracting families for the KKK and exposing hate. The actress responded that the network should rather promote it as such.
@EllenPompeo The @aetv doc is abt extracting families from the KKK & exposing hate. ADL supports. Please take a look https://t.co/w0muB0OSa0
— A&E Network (@AETV) December 21, 2016
Okay if that is what it is PLEASE promote it as such...PLEASE https://t.co/q4j2EWaxyq
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) December 21, 2016
