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Ellen Pompeo Is Calling for a Boycott on A&E Due to Its Controversial New Show

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A&E made headlines earlier this week when the network announced its latest show, a "powerful" documentary series called Generation KKK. The backlash began almost immediately, and chief among the objectors is Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo, who voiced her disgust in a series of tweets on Wednesday. Though the show supposedly aims to expose the KKK's modern recruiting techniques, Pompeo claims that the network is "capitalizing on a disgusting wave that Trump started." For reference, here's A&E's official statement about the series:

"By actively targeting families and indoctrinating children, membership in the Ku Klux Klan is on the rise, causing America to come face to face with its stark divisions. In Generation KKK, cameras follow four prominent Klan families who each have a family member trying to escape the Ku Klux Klan. This series pulls back the curtain on the organization that the Anti-Defamation League calls 'a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy,' to show its effects on American families as members grapple with the consequences of leaving."

According to the network, the show "will also follow a network of anti-hate and peace activists working to break the cycle, by helping to convince members to leave the hate group." Here's what Pompeo had to say.






Whether you agree with it or not, Generation KKK premieres on Jan. 10.



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